Kids Library Home

Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

     
Available items only
Print Material
Author Coy, Jason Philip, 1970- author.

Title The devil's art : divination and discipline in early modern Germany / Jason Philip Coy.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
©2020

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Baron  133.30943 C739d 2020    ---  Lib Use Only
Description ix, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Studies in early modern German history
Studies in early modern German history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Idolatry and reprobate infidelity": divination before the Reformation -- "A hellish trap": divination in early Reformation theology -- "Unchristian and devilish crimes": soothsaying and early Lutheran disciplinary efforts -- "Heathenish and forbidden abominations": condemnations of fortune-telling during the wars of religion -- "Born under an unlucky sign": cunning folk and their clients in an age of witch-hunting -- "Superstitious activities": elite skepticism and folk magic in Enlightenment-era Germany.
Summary "The Devil's Art explores the Lutheran clergy's campaign to root out popular divination among their parishioners in the wake of the Reformation and why these efforts ultimately failed"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Divination -- Germany -- History.
Lutheran Church -- Germany -- History.
Divination. (OCoLC)fst00895747
Lutheran Church. (OCoLC)fst01003996
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780813944074 hardcover
0813944074 hardcover
9780813944081 electronic publication

 
    
Available items only