The Cambridge history of magic and witchcraft in the West : from antiquity to the present / edited by David J. Collins, S.J., Georgetown University.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Collins, David J., 1965-
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Magic > History.
Witchcraft > History.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Magic.
Witchcraft.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xi, 798 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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
  • The early medieval West / Yitzhak Hen
  • Parallel traditions. Magic in medieval Byzantium / Alicia Walker
  • Magic, marvel, and miracle in early Islamic thought / Travis Zadeh
  • Jewish magic in the Middle Ages / Gideon Bohak
  • Old Europe. Common magic / Catherine Rider
  • Learned magic / David J. Collins
  • Diabolic magic / Michael D. Bailey
  • Magic and priestcraft: reformers and reformation / Helen Parish
  • Colonial encounters. Spain and Mexico / Louise M. Burkhart
  • Folk magic in British North America / Richard Godbeer
  • Colonial magic: the Dutch East Indies / Margaret J. Wiener
  • The modern West. Magic in common and legal perspectives / Owen Davies
  • Elite magic in the nineteenth century / David Allen Harvey
  • Magic in the postcolonial Americas / Raquel Romberg
  • New Age and neopagan magic / Sabina Magliocco.