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Magic, body, and the self in eighteenth-century Sweden [electronic resource] / by Jacqueline Van Gent.

By: Van Gent, Jacqueline.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 135. Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009Description: 228 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Witchcraft -- Sweden -- History -- 18th century | Magic -- Sweden -- History -- 18th century | Trials (Witchcraft) -- Sweden -- History -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 133.4/30948509033 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Honour and social control in witchcraft trials -- The fluid self -- Magic and the body -- Healing as counter-magic -- The ambiguity of magic.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-221) and index.

Honour and social control in witchcraft trials -- The fluid self -- Magic and the body -- Healing as counter-magic -- The ambiguity of magic.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.