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The devil's art : divination and discipline in early modern Germany / Jason Philip Coy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2020.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 176 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813944081
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BF1773 .D485 2020
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Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Idolatry and Reprobate Infidelity": Divination before the Reformation -- 2. "A Hellish Trap": Divination in Early Reformation Theology -- 3. "Unchristian and Devilish Crimes": Soothsaying and Early Lutheran Disciplinary Efforts -- 4. "Heathenish and Forbidden Abominations": Condemnations of Fortune-Telling during the Wars of Religion -- 5. "Born under an Unlucky Sign": Cunning Folk and Their Clients in an Age of Witch-Hunting
Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Recent books in the series
Subject: "The Devil's Art explores the Lutheran clergy's campaign to root out popular divination among their parishioners in the wake of the Reformation and why these efforts ultimately failed"--
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Includes bibliographies and index.

"The Devil's Art explores the Lutheran clergy's campaign to root out popular divination among their parishioners in the wake of the Reformation and why these efforts ultimately failed"--

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Idolatry and Reprobate Infidelity": Divination before the Reformation -- 2. "A Hellish Trap": Divination in Early Reformation Theology -- 3. "Unchristian and Devilish Crimes": Soothsaying and Early Lutheran Disciplinary Efforts -- 4. "Heathenish and Forbidden Abominations": Condemnations of Fortune-Telling during the Wars of Religion -- 5. "Born under an Unlucky Sign": Cunning Folk and Their Clients in an Age of Witch-Hunting

6. "Superstitious Activities": Elite Skepticism and Folk Magic in Enlightenment-Era Germany -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Recent books in the series

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