
handle: 11570/3174744
Witchcraft and magic are topics of enduring interest for many reasons. The main one lies in their extraordinary interdisciplinarity: anthropologists, folklorists, historians, and more have contributed to build a body of work of extreme variety and consistence. Of course, this also means that the subjects themselves are not easy to assess. In a very general way, we can define witchcraft as a supernatural means to cause harm, death, or misfortune, while magic also belongs to the field of supernatural, or at least esoteric knowledge, but can be used to less dangerous effects (e.g., divination and astrology). In Western civilization, however, the witch hunt has set a very peculiar perspective in which diabolical witchcraft, the invention of the Sabbat, the persecution of many thousands of (mostly) female and (sometimes) male presumed witches gave way to a phenomenon that is fundamentally different from traditional witchcraft. This Special Issue of Religions dedicated to Witchcraft, Demonology, and Magic features nine articles that deal with four different regions of Europe (England, Germany, Hungary, and Italy) between Late Medieval and Modern times in different contexts and social milieus. Far from pretending to offer a complete picture, they focus on some topics that are central to the research in those fields and fit well in the current “cumulative concept of Western witchcraft” that rules out all mono-causality theories, investigating a plurality of causes.
Calvinist demonology in Hungary, medicine, love magic, familiars, sorcery, Trier, exorcism, popular belief, demonic possession, Germany, inquisition, magic, Protestant demonology, Inquisition, monks, witch-hunts, treasure hunting, convent cases, divination, animals, Franconia, Thomas Hobbes, friars, Italy, censorship, France, counter-reformation, witch-hunting in Debrecen/Bihar county, popular/vernacular magic in Hungary, demonology, witch trials, superstition, witch-hunting in Hungary, Franciscan and Dominican friars, witchcraft and sorcery in Hungary, heresy, Holy Office, devil, counter-reformation Italy, Witchcraft, folklore, religious history, English reformation, bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs, witchcraft, priests, Adriaan Koerbagh, thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs, History of witchcraft; witch-hunt; cultural history; history of religions, gynecology, media, Jesuits, classical culture, Catholic reform, Early Modern History, n/a, Spain, BL1-50, Bavaria, monasticism, spells, dissolution of the monasteries, ritual magic, biblical exegesis
Calvinist demonology in Hungary, medicine, love magic, familiars, sorcery, Trier, exorcism, popular belief, demonic possession, Germany, inquisition, magic, Protestant demonology, Inquisition, monks, witch-hunts, treasure hunting, convent cases, divination, animals, Franconia, Thomas Hobbes, friars, Italy, censorship, France, counter-reformation, witch-hunting in Debrecen/Bihar county, popular/vernacular magic in Hungary, demonology, witch trials, superstition, witch-hunting in Hungary, Franciscan and Dominican friars, witchcraft and sorcery in Hungary, heresy, Holy Office, devil, counter-reformation Italy, Witchcraft, folklore, religious history, English reformation, bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs, witchcraft, priests, Adriaan Koerbagh, thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs, History of witchcraft; witch-hunt; cultural history; history of religions, gynecology, media, Jesuits, classical culture, Catholic reform, Early Modern History, n/a, Spain, BL1-50, Bavaria, monasticism, spells, dissolution of the monasteries, ritual magic, biblical exegesis
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