Title The uses of supernatural power : the transformation of popular religion in medieval and early-modern Europe / Gábor Klaniczay ; translated by Susan Singerman ; edited by Karen Margolis

Published Cambridge : Polity in association with Basil Blackwell, 1990

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Description viii, 259 pages + 1 genealogical table ; 24 cm Contents The carnival spirit -- Religious movements and Christian culture -- Fashionable beards and heretic rags -- From sacral kingship to self-representation -- Legends as life-strategies for aspirant saints in the later Middle Ages -- The cult of dynastic saints in central Europe -- Shamanistic elements in central European witchcraft -- Witch-hunting in Hungary -- The decline of witches and the rise of vamipires under the eighteenth-century Habsburg monarchy Analysis Europe Religion Sociocultural aspects, history Europe. Religion. Sociocultural aspects,. history Notes Collection of studies, some translated from Hungarian or French, all revised Europe. Religion. Sociocultural aspects,. history (BNB/PRECIS) Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 239-250 Notes Translation from the Hungarian Subject Christian heresies -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. Christianity -- Europe -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Church history -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Magic -- Europe, Central -- History. Religion and sociology -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Saints -- Cult -- Europe, Central. Saints -- Europe -- History. Supernatural -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Superstition -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Witchcraft -- Europe, Central -- History. Witchcraft -- Europe. Magic -- history. Religion. Witchcraft -- history. SUBJECT Europe -- Church history http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045633 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045634 Europe -- Religious life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115009 Europe, Central http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021901 -- Church history http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005023 -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 Europe, Central http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021901 -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005023 Author Margolis, Karen. LC no. 56000558 ISBN 0745605583

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