Witchcraft, Madness, Society, and Religion in Early Modern Germany
Regular price
€192.20
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
1500-1699
16th Century
17th Century
A01=H.C. Erik Midelfort
Aberglaube
Allemagne Civilisation
Allemagne Religion 16e siecle
Allemagne Religion 17e siecle
Author_H.C. Erik Midelfort
Category=NHTB
Category=QRAX
Category=QRYX5
Chasse aux sorcieres Allemagne Histoire 16e siecle
Chasse aux sorcieres Allemagne Histoire 17e siecle
Civilization
Collected Work
demonology studies
Deutschland
early modern German mental health
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
exorcism practices
Freudian psychoanalysis
Geisterglaube
Germany
Germany Civilization
Germany Religion 16th century
Germany Religion 17th century
Gesellschaft
Hexenglaube
Hexerei
History
Holy Roman Empire history
Hysteria (Social psychology)
Hysterie (Psychologie sociale)
Magic history
Magie
Medecine Histoire 16e siecle
Medecine Histoire 17e siecle
Medicine
Medicine History 17th century
Mental Disorders history
Paranormal
Psychologie et religion
Psychology and religion
Reformation
Reformation Germany
Religion
Religion and Psychology
religious change Europe
social history ideas
Sorcellerie Allemagne Histoire 16e siecle
Sorcellerie Allemagne Histoire 17e siecle
Wahnsinn
Witch hunting
Witch hunting Germany History 16th century
Witch hunting Germany History 17th century
Witchcraft
Witchcraft Germany History 16th century
Witchcraft Germany History 17th century
Witchcraft history
Product details
- ISBN 9781409457336
- Weight: 840g
- Dimensions: 149 x 223mm
- Publication Date: 16 Aug 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
H.C. Erik Midelfort has carved out a reputation for innovative work on early modern German history, with a particular focus on the social history of ideas and religion. This collection pulls together some of his best work on the related subjects of witchcraft, the history of madness and psychology, demonology, exorcism, and the social history of religious change in early modern Europe. Several of the pieces reprinted here constitute reviews of recent scholarly literature on their topics, while others offer sharp departures from conventional wisdom. A critique of Michel Foucault’s view of the history of madness proved both stimulating but irritating to Foucault’s most faithful readers, so it is reprinted here along with a short retrospective comment by the author. Another focus of this collection is the social history of the Holy Roman Empire, where towns, peasants, and noble families developed different perceptions of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and of the options the religious revolutions of the sixteenth century offered. Finally, this collection also brings together articles which show how Freudian psychoanalysis and academic sociology have filtered and interpreted the history of early modern Germany.
H.C. Erik Midelfort is Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia, USA.
