Beschreibung:
This is the first academic overview of witchcraft and popular magic in Ireland and spans the medieval to the modern period. Based on a wide range of un-used and under-used primary source material, and taking account of denominational difference between Catholic and Protestant, it provides a detailed account of witchcraft trials and accusation.
This is the first academic overview of witchcraft and popular magic in Ireland and spans the medieval to the modern period. Based on a wide range of un-used and under-used primary source material, and taking account of denominational difference between Catholic and Protestant, it provides a detailed account of witchcraft trials and accusation.
Contents
1. Witchcraft Belief in Early Modern Ireland
2. Witchcraft Legislation and Legal Administration in Early Modern Ireland
3. Cunning-folk in Early Modern Ireland
4. Witchcraft Accusations in Early Modern Ireland
5. Witchcraft Trials and Demonic Possession in Early Modern Ireland
6. Witchcraft in Modern Ireland: after the Trials
7. Cunning-folk in Modern Ireland