Historia o czarownicach. O książce Wandy Wyporskiej Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland 1500–1800
A Story About Witches. On Wanda Wyporska’s Book Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland 1500–1800
Author(s): Danuta KowalewskaSubject(s): History, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Czasu Kultury
Keywords: witchcraft;witch;magic;early modern period;woman;misogyny;witchcraft trials;Wielkopolska;
Summary/Abstract: This article is a subjective look at Wanda Wyporska’s book, Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland 1500-1800, the first English-language history of witchcraft written by a woman. The author discusses the content of the publication in the context of contemporary historiography of magic and witchcraft and the recently observed “great return of witches.”
Journal: Czas Kultury
- Issue Year: XVII/2021
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 133-140
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Polish
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