Witchcraft, the Devil, and Emotions in Early Modern England

Charlotte-Rose Millar (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

242 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4724-8549-6 (ISBN)

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This book represents the first systematic study of the role of the Devil in English witchcraft pamphlets for the entire period of state-sanctioned witchcraft prosecutions (1563-1735). It provides a rereading of English witchcraft, one which moves away from an older historiography which underplays the role of the Devil in English witchcraft and instead highlights the crucial role that the Devil, often in the form of a familiar spirit, took in English witchcraft belief. One of the key ways in which this book explores the role of the Devil is through emotions. Stories of witches were made up of a complex web of emotionally implicated accusers, victims, witnesses, and supposed perpetrators. They reveal a range of emotional experiences that do not just stem from malefic witchcraft but also, and primarily, from a witch’s links with the Devil. This book, then, has two main objectives. First, to suggest that English witchcraft pamphlets challenge our understanding of English witchcraft as a predominantly non-diabolical crime, and second, to highlight how witchcraft narratives emphasized emotions as the primary motivation for witchcraft acts and accusations.

Charlotte-Rose Millar is a UQ Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland and an Associate Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (1100-1800). She obtained her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2015. Millar has published numerous articles and book chapters on witchcraft, diabolism, emotions and sexual practices and has won two prizes for her published work. Her 2015 article on sexual relations between witches and devils has been labelled as the definitive piece on the issue.

Introduction: Rethinking English Witchcraft

1. The Devil in Early Modern England

2. The Role of the Familiar

3. Anger, Malice and Emotional Control

4. Sleeping with Devils

5. The Witchcraft Conspiracy

Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	09.08.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Early Modern History
Zusatzinfo	1 Line drawings, black and white; 14 Halftones, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	1-4724-8549-1 / 1472485491
ISBN-13	978-1-4724-8549-6 / 9781472485496
Zustand	Neuware