Witchcraft and demonology in Hungary and Transylvania /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors:	Klaniczay, Gábor (Editor), Pócs, Éva (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Series:	Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic.
Subjects:	Witchcraft > Hungary > History. Witchcraft > Romania > Transylvania > History. Demonology > Hungary > History. Demonology > Romania > Transylvania > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The social background of witchcraft accusations in early modern Debrecen and Bihar County; Ildikó Sz. Kristóf
Witchcraft, greed and revenge: The prosecutor activity of György Igyártó and the witch trials of Kolozsvár in the 1580s; László Pakó
Healers in Hungarian witch trials; Gábor Klaniczay
Divinatio diabolica and magical medicine. Healers, seers and diviners in early modern Nagybánya; Judit Kis-Halas
Shamanism or witchcraft? The táltos before the tribunals; Éva Pócs
The decriminalization of magic and the fight against superstitions in Hungary and Transylvania 1740-1848; Péter Tóth G
Demonology and Catholic Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Hungary; Dániel Bárth
Talking through witchcraft - on the bewitchment discourse of a village community; Ágnes Hesz
Index.