Between the Living and the Dead: A Perspective on Seers and Witches in Early Modern Age

Éva Pócs, one of the most highly respected scholars of historical anthropology, has undertaken extensive research on the history of folk beliefs connected with communication and the supernatural sphere. In this book, she examines the relics of European shamanism in early modern sources, and the techniques and belief-systems of mediators found in the records of witchcraft trials from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. The book explores the various communication systems known to early modern Hungarians, describes the role of these systems in everyday village life, and shows how they were connected to contemporary European systems, as well as new types of mediators and systems which function right up to the twentieth century. Representing a major contribution to the most up-to-date international research, Eva Pócs draws on significant East European material and literature not previously co-ordinated with that from the West.

Author: Éva Pócs
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 01/01/1998
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.18w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9789639116184
ISBN10: 9639116181
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Medieval
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Witchcraft (See Also Religion | Wicca)
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Magick Studies

About the Author
Éva Pócs is Professor emeritus at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Pécs, Hungary.