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Cunning folk : life in the era of practical magic / Tabitha Stanmore.
This history of practitioners of "service magic" in medieval and early modern Europe reveals the central place they occupied in everyday life and how they helped soothe the anxieties of both commoners and nobles.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781639730537 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 255 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index. |
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| Subject: | Magic > Europe > History. Witchcraft > Europe > History. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 133.43094 Sta | 31681010375400 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Exeter, UK, the first university to offer a master's degree in occult history. She has been interviewed on BBC Radio and TV. Her monograph, Love Spells and Lost Treasure, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022. Cunning Folk is her first book for general readers.
