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The PROBLEM of this book is, somethings Jeffrey Russell says are This book provides a nice overview of medieval . This is a well written sociological explanation of the witchcraft phenomena in Europe in the Middle Ages.
The PROBLEM of this book is, somethings Jeffrey Russell says are This book provides a nice overview of medieval heretics. It is divided into several chapters that deal with early, middle, and late phases of the Middle Ages. My focus was the High Middle Ages but I read the whole.
Jeffrey Burton Russell. This book is not about modern witchcraft. All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent secondary interpretations, Professor Russell first establishes the facts and then explains the phenomenon of witchcraft in terms of its social and religious environment, particularly. in relation to medieval heresies. His first book was Dissent and Reform in the Early Middle Ages (1965). Witchcraft in the Middle Ages (1972). The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity (1977). Jeffrey Burton Russell. He is most noted for his five-volume history of the concept of the Devil: The Devil (1977), Satan (1981), Lucifer (1984), Mephistopheles (1986) and The Prince of Darkness (1988). History of Witchcraft, Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans (1980, 2007). Medieval Heresies: a Bibliography, 1960-1979 (with Carl T. Berkhout) (1981).
Rejecting the extremes that nobody in the Middle Ages believed in witchcraft and that "weird phenomena are not only real, but supernatural, and proof that the Devil and his minions live," Russell plots the truth along three points. 1) "At least some people were deluded into believing themselves witches. Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages. com User, July 8, 2001. Satan: The Early Christian Tradition. WITCHCRAFT IN THE MIDDLE AGES by Jeffrey Russell is a salient and well-written history about religious persecution during the Middle Ages involving individuals accused of the practice of "witchcraft". WITCHCRAFT was first published in the early 1970s when a renewed interest in the craft was gaining public attention.
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Witchcraft in the middle ages. Publication Date: 30 September 1984.
Russell treats European witchcraft as a product of Christianity, grounded in heresy more than in the magic and sorcery that have existed in. .A significant chapter in the history of ideas and their repression is illuminated by this book.
Russell treats European witchcraft as a product of Christianity, grounded in heresy more than in the magic and sorcery that have existed in other societies. Skillfully blending narration with analysis, he shows how social and religious changes nourished the spread of witchcraft until large portions of medieval Europe were in its grip, "from the most illiterate peasant to the most skilled philosopher or scientist. Cornell University Press, 1972 - 394 pages
Jeffrey Burton Russell. Cornell University Press, 1972 - 394 pages.
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All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent secondary interpretations, Jeffrey Burton Russell first establishes the facts and then explains the phenomenon of witchcraft in terms of its social and religious environment, particularly in relation to medieval heresies.
Russell treats European witchcraft as a product of Christianity, grounded in heresy more than in the magic and sorcery that have existed in other societies. Skillfully blending narration with analysis, he shows how social and religious changes nourished the spread of witchcraft until large portions of medieval Europe were in its grip, "from the most illiterate peasant to the most skilled philosopher or scientist." A significant chapter in the history of ideas and their repression is illuminated by this book. Our enduring fascination with the occult gives the author's affirmation that witchcraft arises at times and in areas afflicted with social tensions a special quality of immediacy.
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