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The magical universe: everyday ritual and magic in pre-modern Europe
2004, Hambledon and London
in English
- 1st Hambledon and London pbk. ed.
1852854456 9781852854454
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Table of Contents
I. Agriculture. 1. House, work and the land
2. Calendar customs and agrarian saints
3. The weather
4. Livestock
II. The life-cycle. 5. Human fertility and marriage
6. Conception and pregnancy
7. Childbirth : delivery and first days
8. Childbirth : omens and strange births
9. Baptism, godparents and naming
10. Mother and child
11. Death and the dead
III. Disease and healing. 12. Illness, doctors and religion
13. Folk-healers and magical cures
IV. Divination and signs. 14. Divination and signs
V. The elements of magic. 15. Magical power : persons, spirits and animals
16. Magical power : things, words and gestures
17. Magic and religion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-532) and index.
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