Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages |
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Author:
| Mitchell, Stephen A. |
Series title: | The Middle Ages Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8122-4290-4 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2010 |
Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Stephen A. Mitchell offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia, drawing on extensive sources ranging from the Icelandic sagas to those much less familiar to the nonspecialist: legal cases, church frescoes, law codes, ecclesiastical records, and surviving runic spells.
Stephen A. Mitchell offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia, drawing on extensive sources ranging from the Icelandic sagas to those much less familiar to the nonspecialist: legal cases, church frescoes, law codes, ecclesiastical records, and surviving runic spells.