Magic and masculinity: ritual magic and gender in the early modern era
Auteur :
Timbers, Frances
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9781780765594
Date de publication :
21 févr. 2014
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
426 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic - the attempted communication with angels and demons - both reinforced and subverted existing concepts of gender. This book provides an analysis of early modern ceremonial magic from a gender perspective.