| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 506 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
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NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical Evolution, Law, and Prosecution -- Witchcraft and Politics in Muscovy and the Hetmanate -- Laws and Guidelines Concerning the Prosecution of Witchcraft, Late Twelfth Century to -- Witchcraft Trials' Processes (Charges and Counter-Charges) and Extra-Legal Prosecution of Witchcraft: Complete Records -- Healing and Harming -- Sex/Love/Anti-Love Magic -- Power Relations and Hierarchy -- Possession -- Satanic Pacts/Diabolism -- Orality/Literacy -- Specialists in Magic. |
| Summary |
"This book provides the first systematic overview of witchcraft laws and trials in Russia and Ukraine, combining scholarly commentary with primary source materials translated from Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian, most of which have never before been published" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Witchcraft -- Russia -- History.
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Witchcraft. |
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Russia. |
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History. |
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Witchcraft -- Ukraine -- History.
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Ukraine. |
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Magic -- Russia -- History.
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Magic -- Ukraine -- History.
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Witchcraft -- Law and legislation -- Russia.
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Witchcraft -- Law and legislation. |
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Witchcraft -- Law and legislation -- Ukraine.
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Magic. |
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HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Kivelson, Valerie A. (Valerie Ann), editor.
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Worobec, Christine D., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000-1900 Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020. 9781501750649 (DLC) 2019054363 |
| ISBN |
9781501750670 (electronic book) |
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1501750674 (electronic book) |
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9781501750649 hardcover |
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9781501750663 electronic book |
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1501750666 |
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9781501750656 paperback |
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