Books written by Edward Peters
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 3: The Middle Ages
Interestingly they mirror the same attitudes and methods as the descriptions of performed malevolence (Ellis Davidson 1973: 33; Holtsmark 1980; Muller—Christensen 1980; ...
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 3: The Middle Ages
Other literary scholars analyse them as oral genre using semiotics ( Halpern and Foley 1978 ; Nöth 1977 ) , while more recent anthropological approaches note the shamanistic function of such chants ( Glosecki 1989 ) .
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Middle Ages
The series Witchcraft and Magic In Europe, complete in six volumes, provides a modern, scholarly survey of the supernatural beliefs of Europeans from ancient times to the present day.
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Inquisition
This impressive volume is actually three histories in one: of the legal procedures, personnel, and institutions that shaped the inquisitorial tribunals from Rome to early modern Europe; of the myth of The Inquisition, from its origins with ...
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Torture
Yet more than a century later, torture is used routinely in one out of every three countries. This book is about torture in Western society from earliest times to the present.
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The Magician, the Witch, and the Law
"Helps to place our understanding of medieval witchcraft into a broader context. . . . Sheds light on the various genres of literature in which magic was discussed."—Speculum
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The World of "Piers Plowman"
This collection is uniquely helpful to students of medieval history, literature, and Western civilization.
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Commonhold
This guide provides a one-stop source for practitioners needing guidance on setting up and managing commonholds.
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Paulinism: A Contribution to the History of Primitive Christian Theology
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1877 Edition.
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Paulinism: A Contribution to the History of Primitive Christian Theology
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1877 Edition.
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Cengage Advantage Books: Introductory Chemistry
As with previous editions, this text allows you to tailor the order of chapters to accommodate your particular needs through two flexible formats a standard paperbound edition and loose-leaf edition.
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Paulinism; A Contribution to the History of Primitive Christian Theology
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 3: The Middle Ages
This volume deals with its use in such contexts as healing and divination and as an aspect of the knowledge of nature's occult virtues and secrets.
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Heresy and authority in medieval Europe: documents in translation
Heresy and authority in medieval Europe: documents in translation
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Winning Games on the ZX Spectrum
Winning Games on the ZX Spectrum
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Folter: Geschichte der peinlichen Befragung
Folter: Geschichte der peinlichen Befragung
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História da tortura
História da tortura
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Crusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291
Lacking other resources, in 1199 Innocent threatened one of these pop-up princes, Markward of Anweiler, with a crusade, but solved the crisis diplomatically in 1204. In Markward's case, the threat of a crusade was a papal last resort.
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Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe
Literature The best general introduction to the historiography of heresy is Jeffrey Burton Russell's long article , " Interpretations of the Origins of Medieval Heresy , " Medieval Studies 25 ( 1963 ) : 26-53 , a masterful and essential ...
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Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe
In this volume, Edward Peters makes available the most compact and wide-ranging collection of source materials in translation on medieval orthodoxy and heterodoxy in social context.