Strange Histories

The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead, and Other Matters of Fact from the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds

Darren Oldridge (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2017 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-83082-0 (ISBN)

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Strange Histories is an exploration of some of the most extraordinary beliefs that existed in the late Middle Ages through to the end of the seventeenth century. This new edition extends back into the Renaissance and has been fully updated in light of new research. It is essential reading for all students of early modern history.

Strange Histories is an exploration of some of the most extraordinary beliefs that existed in the late Middle Ages through to the end of the seventeenth century. Presenting serious accounts of the appearance of angels and demons, sea monsters and dragons within European and North American history, this book moves away from "present-centred thinking" and instead places such events firmly within their social and cultural context. By doing so, it offers a new way of understanding the world in which dragons and witches were fact rather than fiction, and presents these riveting phenomena as part of an entirely rational thought process for the time in which they existed.

This new edition has been fully updated in light of recent research. It contains a new guide to further reading as well as a selection of pictures that bring its themes to life. From ghosts to witches, to pigs on trial for murder, the book uses a range of different case studies to provide fascinating insights into the world-view of a vanished age. It is essential reading for all students of early modern history.

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Darren Oldridge is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Worcester, UK. He has published extensively on religion and belief in the period. His other books include The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England (2016) and, as editor, The Witchcraft Reader (2nd ed. 2008).

Figures; Preface to the second edition; Introduction: strange worlds; Angels on a pinhead; They hang horses, don’t they?; The roaming dead; "A shipwreck of souls": understanding witchcraft; Werewolves and flying witches; Raptures and forbidden words; Suffering saints; The case for killing heretics; Conclusion: the edge of wonder; Further reading; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2017
Zusatzinfo	9 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	318 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	1-138-83082-8 / 1138830828
ISBN-13	978-1-138-83082-0 / 9781138830820
Zustand	Neuware