The devil's art : divination and discipline in early modern Germany /
"The Devil's Art explores the Lutheran clergy's campaign to root out popular divination among their parishioners in the wake of the Reformation and why these efforts ultimately failed"--
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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 语言: | 英语 |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press
2020.
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| 丛编: | Studies in early modern German history.
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| 在线阅读: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv103xf1q |
书本目录:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. "Idolatry and Reprobate Infidelity": Divination before the Reformation
- 2. "A Hellish Trap": Divination in Early Reformation Theology
- 3. "Unchristian and Devilish Crimes": Soothsaying and Early Lutheran Disciplinary Efforts
- 4. "Heathenish and Forbidden Abominations": Condemnations of Fortune-Telling during the Wars of Religion
- 5. "Born under an Unlucky Sign": Cunning Folk and Their Clients in an Age of Witch-Hunting
- 6. "Superstitious Activities": Elite Skepticism and Folk Magic in Enlightenment-Era Germany
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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