Magic and Masculinity

Ritual Magic and Gender in the Early Modern Era

Frances Timbers (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2020
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-15900-6 (ISBN)

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In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic - the attempted communication with angels and demons - both reinforced and subverted existing concepts of gender. The majority of male magicians acted from a position of control and command commensurate with their social position in a patriarchal society; other men, however, used the notion of magic to subvert gender ideals while still aiming to attain hegemony. Whilst women who claimed to perform magic were usually more submissive in their attempted dealings with the spirit world, some female practitioners employed magic to undermine the patriarchal culture and further their own agenda.

Using unpublished diaries and journals, literature and legal records, Frances Timbers studies the practice of ritual magic in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries focusing especially on gender and sexual perspectives. Based on numerous case studies and using the examples of well-known individuals, including John Dee, Simon Forman and William Lilly, this book provides a unique analysis of early modern ceremonial magic from a gender perspective.

Frances Timbers is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Victoria, Canada. She holds a PhD from University of Toronto.

Introduction
1. For the Uninitiated
2. Magic, Manhood and Masculinity
3. Scrying and Subversion
4. Swords, Sex and Sacrifice
5. Fairies and Fantasy
8. Magic and Honour
Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	27.09.2019
Zusatzinfo	10 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	1-350-15900-X / 135015900X
ISBN-13	978-1-350-15900-6 / 9781350159006
Zustand	Neuware