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The voices of women in witchcraft trials : Northern Europe

Title
The voices of women in witchcraft trials : Northern Europe / Liv Helene Willumsen.
ISBN
100325540X (electronic bk.)
9781003255406 (electronic bk.)
103218616X
1032186178
9781032186160
9781032186177
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 491 pages.)
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Summary
Women come to the fore in witchcraft trials as accused persons or as witnesses, and this book is a study of women's voices in these trials in eight countries around the North Sea: Spanish Netherlands, Northern Germany, Denmark, Scotland, England, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. 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--Publisher's description.
Variant and related titles
Northern Europe
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Original
Online version: Willumsen, Liv Helene, 1948- Voices of women in witchcraft trials. Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Routledge studies in the history of witchcraft, demonology and magic.
Routledge studies in the history of witchcraft, demonology and magic
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-465) and index (pages [468]-491).
Contents
Introduction
Spanish Netherlands : holy water, witchcraft powder, and the collar
Northern Germany : Bloksberg, red rider, and torture 'in a humane way'
Denmark : weather magic, witches' dance, and personal demons
Scotland : devil's pact, gatherings, and sleep deprivation
England : familiars, teats, and witchfinders
Norway : charms, blåkoll, and chasing fish
Sweden : Kullen, blåkulla, and the water man
Finland : magic salt, uncovered hair, and blåkulla
Comparison and conclusion.
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