TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coy,Jason Philip
TI  - The devil's art: divination and discipline in early modern Germany 
T2  - Studies in early modern German history
SN  - 9780813944081
AV  - BF1773 .D485 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Charlottesville
PB  - University of Virginia Press
KW  - Divination
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - Lutheran Church
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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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