Male witches in early modern Europe

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Male witches in early modern Europe

Lara Apps and Andrew Gow

Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave , Distributed exclusively in Canada by UBC Press, 2003

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-185) and index

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巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780719057083

内容説明

This is the first ever full book on the subject of male witches addressing incidents of witch-hunting in both Britain and Europe. Uses feminist categories of gender analysis to critique the feminist agenda that mars many studies. Advances a more bal. Critiques historians' assumptions about witch-hunting, challenging the marginalisation of male witches by feminist and other historians. Shows that large numbers of men were accused of witchcraft in their own right, in some regions, more men were accused than women. It uses feminist categories of gender analysis to challenge recent arguments and current orthodoxies providing a more balanced and complex view of witch-hunting and ideas about witches in their gendered forms than has hitherto been available. -- .

目次

  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • List of figures
  • Introduction
  • 1. Invisible men: The historian and the male witch
  • 2. Secondary targets? Male witches on trial
  • 3. Tortured confessions: Agency and selfhood at stake
  • 4. Literally unthinkable? Demonological descriptions of male witches
  • 5. Conceptual webs: The gendering of witchcraft
  • Conclusion and afterword
  • Appendix
  • Figures
  • Bibliography
  • Index
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780719057090

内容説明

This is the first ever full book on the subject of male witches addressing incidents of witch-hunting in both Britain and Europe. Uses feminist categories of gender analysis to critique the feminist agenda that mars many studies. Advances a more bal. Critiques historians' assumptions about witch-hunting, challenging the marginalisation of male witches by feminist and other historians. Shows that large numbers of men were accused of witchcraft in their own right, in some regions, more men were accused than women. It uses feminist categories of gender analysis to challenge recent arguments and current orthodoxies providing a more balanced and complex view of witch-hunting and ideas about witches in their gendered forms than has hitherto been available. -- .

目次

Preface and acknowledgements List of figures Introduction 1. Invisible men: The historian and the male witch 2. Secondary targets? Male witches on trial 3. Tortured confessions: Agency and selfhood at stake 4. Literally unthinkable? Demonological descriptions of male witches 5. Conceptual webs: The gendering of witchcraft Conclusion and afterword Appendix Figures Bibliography Index -- .

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