Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Montesano, Marina (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Θέματα: Europe-History-476-1492.; Social history.; Civilization-History.; Italy-History.; History, Ancient.; History of Medieval Europe.; Social History.; Cultural History.; History of Italy.; Ancient History.

This book explores the relationships between ancient witchcraft and its modern incarnation, and by doing so fills an important gap in the historiography. It is often noted that stories of witchcraft circulated in Greek and Latin classical texts, and that treatises dealing with witch-beliefs referenc...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Prototypes: Magic and Witchcraft in Greece
• The Witch as a Woman: Tales of Magic in Rome
• Maleficia: From Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages
• 'A Company That Go the Course'
• 'Let's Send Up Some Incense to the Lord!'
• The Italian Quattrocento
• 'Twelve Thousand Circes'
• Bibliography
• Index.