The appearance of witchcraft : print and visual culture in sixteenth-century Europe / by Charles Zik...
The appearance of witchcraft : print and visual culture in sixteenth-century Europe / by Charles Zik...
The appearance of witchcraft : print and visual culture in sixteenth-century Europe / by Charles Zika.
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Publisher
New York : Routledge, c2007.
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N704.94913/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 296 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Fashioning a new visual language for witchcraft -- Transformation of sorcery and magic in the fifteenth century -- Witches, cauldrons and women's bodies -- Wild riders, popular folklore and moral disorder -- Transformation, death and sexuality in the classical world -- Biblical necromancer and two C...
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Publisher
New York : Routledge, c2007.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"For centuries the witch has been a powerful figure in the European imagination; but the creation of this figure has been hidden from our view. Charles Zika's groundbreaking study investigates how the visual image of the witch was created in late fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe. He charts the development of the witch as a new visual subject...
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The appearance of witchcraft : print and visual culture in sixteenth-century Europe / by Charles Zika.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N704.94913/1
Record Identifier
74VK3z7R6BKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3z7R6BKb
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ISBN
9780415082426 (hardback)
DDC
704.94913343
MMS ID
991023760309702626
