And Though This World with Devils Filled
Produktnummer:
18ddfd78e93a984bf88594e0deee790dce
| Autor: | Fell, Michael |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Church Compurgator Devil Geschichte 1658-1659 Hexenverfolgung Island Lawsuit Quelle Sorcery Witchburning |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 13.03.2007 |
| EAN: | 9780820474915 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York |
| Untertitel: | A Story of Sufferings |
Produktinformationen "And Though This World with Devils Filled"
This book is mainly an English translation of Jón Magnússon’s A Story of Sufferings. Magnússon, a seventeenth-century Lutheran priest in Iceland, endured intense physical and mental sufferings, which he attributed to the black magic of three alleged sorcerers. The two male sorcerers were tried, convicted, and burned to death, but the third (a woman) was acquitted. The work may have been written as material for appealing the acquittal of the woman to a higher court. This book also includes a historical introduction, a chronology of Jón Magnússon’s life, and the rulings from the trials. Though hardly pleasant to read, A Story of Sufferings is a literary masterpiece in the original. It should be of interest to students of mystical religion and to historians of the witchcraft craze that plagued Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Sie möchten lieber vor Ort einkaufen?
Sie haben Fragen zu diesem oder anderen Produkten oder möchten einfach gerne analog im Laden stöbern? Wir sind gerne für Sie da und beraten Sie auch telefonisch.
Juristische Fachbuchhandlung
Georg Blendl
Parcellistraße 5 (Maxburg)
8033 München
Montag - Freitag: 8:15 -18 Uhr
Samstags geschlossen