Magic, body, and the self in eighteenth-century Sweden

Van Gent, Jacqueline.

Magic, body, and the self in eighteenth-century Sweden [electronic resource] / by Jacqueline Van Gent. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - 228 p. - Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 135 1573-4188 ; . - Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 135. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-221) and index.

Honour and social control in witchcraft trials -- The fluid self -- Magic and the body -- Healing as counter-magic -- The ambiguity of magic.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2013.
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GBA894622 bnb

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Witchcraft--History--Sweden--18th century.
Magic--History--Sweden--18th century.
Trials (Witchcraft)--History--Sweden--18th century.


Electronic books.

BF1584.S85 / V36 2009eb

133.4/30948509033