Emotions in the History of Witchcraft
Bringing together leading historians, anthropologists, and religionists, this volume examines the unbridled passions of witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the present. Witchcraft is an intensely emotional crime, rooted in the belief that envy and spite ca
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Emotions in the History of Witchcraft Edited by LAURA KOUNINE and MICHAEL OSTLING
Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions Series Editors David Lemmings School of History and Politics University of Adelaide Adelaide, Australia William Reddy Department of History Duke University Durham, North Carolina, USA
Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions includes work that redefines past definitions of emotions; re-conceptualizes theories of emotional ‘development’ through history; undertakes research into the genesis and effects of mass emotions; and employs a variety of humanities disciplines and methodologies. In this way it produces a new interdisciplinary history of the emotions in Europe between 1100 and 2000.
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Laura Kounine • Michael Ostling Editors
Emotions in the History of Witchcraft
Editors Laura Kounine University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton United Kingdom
Michael Ostling Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona USA
Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotion ISBN 978-1-137-52902-2 ISBN 978-1-137-52903-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-52903-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958278 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Frans Hals, Malle Babbe or The Witch of Haarlem (detail), 1633 Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
Acknowledgements
This book originated in a conversation over coffee—a conversation made possible by an Early Career International Research Fellowship at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History o
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