The Cambridge history of magic and witchcraft in the West : from antiquity to the present / edited b...
The Cambridge history of magic and witchcraft in the West : from antiquity to the present / edited b...
The Cambridge history of magic and witchcraft in the West : from antiquity to the present / edited by David J. Collins. [electronic resource]
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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BOOK
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Language
English
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Physical content
1 online resource (xi, 798 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Content type
text
Media type
computer
Carrier type
online resource
Contents
Introduction / David J. Collins -- Antiquity. The ancient Near East / Daniel Schwemer -- Ancient Egypt / Friedhelm Hoffmann -- Early Greco-Roman antiquity / Kimberly B. Stratton -- The early Latin West. Roman antiquity: the imperial period / Kyle A. Fraser -- The early Church / Maijastina Kahlos --...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2015.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and practice of magic in the West. Its chronological scope extends from the Ancient Near East to twenty-first-century North America; its objects of analysis range from Persian curse tablets to US neo-paganism. For compara...
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Full title
The Cambridge history of magic and witchcraft in the West : from antiquity to the present / edited by David J. Collins. [electronic resource]
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BOOK
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2016).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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74VKVZRK7aJd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVZRK7aJd
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ISBN
1-139-04302-1
1-316-23571-8
1-316-23382-0
DDC
133.4/309
MMS ID
991023970893202626
