A historical and anthropological study of the belief in witches in Europe in the 19th century
Vol.14,No.1(2023)
Anthropologia integra
This study focuses on selected cases of continuing belief in witchcraft from the second half of the 19th century. The first section of this study briefly explains the historical context of the witchhunts in early modern Europe and the gradual decline of witchhunting processes. The aim of this study is to introduce the reader to a change in the understanding of the witch’s concept in the European context. In the second section of the study, based on contemporary sources, a brief overview of what happened during a particular case is presented. In the last part, elements of early modern period witchhunts, which could be found in cases from the second half of the 19th century, were analyzed. This study shows different forms of surviving witchcraft beliefs in specific cases.
witch; possession; devil; Satan; illness; epidemic; faith
Pramene
Am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts! (1892): (Linzer) Tages-Post, 28(110), 3.
Brnenská čarodějnice (1887b): Národní listy, 27(106), 2-3.
Brnenská čarodějnice (1887c): Národní listy, 27(109), 2-3.
Constans, Adolphe. Relation sur une épidémie d'hystéro démonopathie. Paris, 1863, 130.
Čarovali na účet kata (1890): Národní politika, 8(85), 2.
„Čarodějnice“ (1887): Národní politika, 5(108), 2.
Ein „besessenes„ Dorf (1858): Ost-Deutsche Post, 10(203), 3.
Ein „Hexenprozess“ (1892): Innsbrucker Nachrichten, 39(267), 4.
Eine Teufel – Austreibung (1892): Evangelische Kirchen-Zeitung für Österreich 9(11), 164-167.
Ještě jedny čáry pani Krejčové (1887): Moravská orlice, 16(202), s. 5.
Kouzla a čáry v Brně (1887): Našinec, 19(47), 3.
Podvodnice (1877): Čech, 9(261), 2.
Die Presse (1858): 11(175), 5.
Superstition in Ireland (1895): Weekly Mail, 16(1234), 11.
Proces čarodějnice (1887a): Národní listy, 27(38), 3.
Teufelsaustreibung in Bayern (1892): Neue Warte am Inn, 12(22), 1-6.
Vierzig besessene Mädchen (1865): Ost-Deutsche Post, 17(266), 1-2.
Vom Teufel besessen (1865): Gemeinde-Zeitung unabhängiges politisches Journal, 4(33), 6.
Zažehnávala zlého ducha (1880): Moravská orlice, 9(59), 3.
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