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The War on Witchcraft
- Andrew Dickson White, George Lincoln Burr, and the Origins of Witchcraft Historiography
Engelsk
Bogcover for The War on Witchcraft af Jan Machielsen, 9781108948746
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Engelsk
Sider:
75
ISBN-13:
9781108948746
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
110894874X
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Udg. Dato:
22 jul 2021
Størrelse i cm:
15,1 x 22,8 x 0,7
Oplagsdato:
22 jul 2021
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The War on Witchcraft

- Andrew Dickson White, George Lincoln Burr, and the Origins of Witchcraft Historiography
Engelsk
Paperback 2021
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Historians of the early modern witch-hunt often begin histories of their field with the theories propounded by Margaret Murray and Montague Summers in the 1920s. They overlook the lasting impact of nineteenth-century scholarship, in particular the contributions by two American historians, Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918) and George Lincoln Burr (1857–1938). Study of their work and scholarly personae contributes to our understanding of the deeply embedded popular understanding of the witch-hunt as representing an irrational past in opposition to an enlightened present. Yet the men''s relationship with each other, and with witchcraft sceptics – the heroes of their studies – also demonstrates how their writings were part of a larger war against ''unreason''. This Element thus lays bare the ways scholarly masculinity helped shape witchcraft historiography, a field of study often seen as dominated by feminist scholarship. Such meditation on past practice may foster reflection on contemporary models of history writing.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
75
ISBN-13:
9781108948746
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
110894874X
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
22 jul 2021
Størrelse i cm:
15,1 x 22,8 x 0,7
Oplagsdato:
22 jul 2021
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