Stephen A. Mitchell

Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stephen A. Mitchell offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia, drawing on extensive sources ranging from the Icelandic sagas to those much less familiar to the nonspecialist: legal cases, church frescoes, law codes, ecclesiastical records, and surviving runic spells.

Produktdetails

• The Middle Ages Series
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9780812222555
• ISBN-10: 0812222555
• Artikelnr.: 36935818

Autorenporträt

Stephen A. Mitchell is Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore at Harvard University and author of Heroic Sagas and Ballads.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Witchcraft and the Past
Chapter 2. Magic and Witchcraft in Daily Life
Chapter 3. Narrating Magic, Sorcery, and Witchcraft
Chapter 4. Medieval Mythologies
Chapter 5. Witchcraft, Magic, and the Law
Chapter 6. Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Gender
Epilogue: The Medieval Legacy
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Acknowledgments