The Voices of Women in Witchcraft Trials
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-18617-7 (ISBN)
From each country, three trials are chosen for close reading of courtroom discourse and the narratological approach enables various individuals to speak. Throughout the study, a choir of 24 voices of accused women are heard which reveal valuable insight into the field of mentalities and display both the individual experience of witchcraft accusation and the development of the trial. Particular attention is drawn to the accused women’s confessions, which are interpreted as enforced narratives. The analyses of individual trials are also contextualized nationally and internationally by a frame of historical elements, and a systematic comparison between the countries shows strong similarities regarding the impact of specific ideas about witchcraft, use of pressure and torture, the turning point of the trial, and the verdict and sentence.
This volume is an essential resource for all students and scholars interested in the history of witchcraft, witchcraft trials, transnationality, cultural exchanges, and gender in early modern Northern Europe.
Liv Helene Willumsen is Professor Emerita of History, University of Tromsø (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway). PhD in History (Edinburgh, 2008). PhD in literature (Bergen, 2003). Her books include Witches of the North: Scotland and Finnmark (Leiden, 2013). She has written the exhibition texts of Steilneset Memorial, Vardø. She was awarded the Norwegian King’s Medal of Merit in 2019.
1. Introduction 2. Spanish Netherlands – Holy Water, Witchcraft Powder, and the Collar 3. Northern Germany – Bloksberg, Red Rider, and Torture ‘in a humane way’ 4. Denmark – Weather Magic, Witches’ Dance, and Personal Demons 5. Scotland – Devil’s Pact, Gatherings, and Sleep Deprivation 6. England – Familiars, Teats, and Witchfinders 7. Norway – Charms, Blåkoll, and Chasing Fish 8. Sweden – Kullen, Blåkulla, and the Water Man 9. Finland – Magic Salt, Uncovered Hair, and Blåkulla 10. Comparison and Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.03.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 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 | 1-032-18617-8 / 1032186178 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-18617-7 / 9781032186177 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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