Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History - Softcover

Davies, Owen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184725036X ISBN 13: 9781847250360

Verlag: Hambledon Continuum, 2007

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Book by Davies Owen

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"absorbing, entertaining and informative"--Northern Earth "absorbing, entertaining and informative"--, "His book is well researched, making excellent use of court reports and press items from the eighteenth century to the twentieth. A very valuable contribution to historical folklore studies."--Sanford Lakoff "absorbing, entertaining and informative"--Sanford Lakoff "the first comprehensive history of English cunning craft"--Sanford Lakoff "a detailed and valuable survey of a poorly understood group of people"--Sanford Lakoff

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Cunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife. While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malvolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.

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• Verlag: Hambledon Continuum
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 184725036X
• ISBN 13: 9781847250360
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 262