Introduction
Introduction

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Middle Ages, Modern Age, Culture and social structure
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: magic; middle ages; modern age; Europe; introduction;
Summary/Abstract: Magic in the past in its various forms, perceptions and definitions has been a popular subject of modern Western scholarship for a long time. In the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in contrast, the issue of magic is still a rather neglected area of study. Apart from the study of witchcraft and apart from ethnologists or anthropologists, whose research interests usually include present or recent case studies and phenomena, the subject of magic has not yet received due attention from historians and other scholars of the humanities of the region. This can be partly explained by the fact that while communist policy with its stress on the class struggle preferred certain topics, mainly political, economic and social history, it practically brought other fields and research interests to a standstill.

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