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Strange Histories: The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead, and Other Matters of Fact from the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds
ISBN-13:
9781138830813
ISBN-10:
113883081X
Edition:
2
Author:
Darren Oldridge
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
Routledge
Format:
Hardcover
200 pages
Category:
European History
,
Folklore & Mythology
,
Social Sciences
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ISBN-13:
9781138830813
ISBN-10:
113883081X
Edition:
2
Author:
Darren Oldridge
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
Routledge
Format:
Hardcover
200 pages
Category:
European History
,
Folklore & Mythology
,
Social Sciences
Summary
Strange Histories: The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead, and Other Matters of Fact from the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds (ISBN-13: 9781138830813 and ISBN-10: 113883081X), written by authors
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Strange Histories is an exploration of some of the most extraordinary beliefs that existed in the late Middle Ages through to the end of the seventeenth century. Presenting serious accounts of the appearance of angels and demons, sea monsters and dragons within European and North American history, this book moves away from "present-centred thinking" and instead places such events firmly within their social and cultural context. By doing so, it offers a new way of understanding the world in which dragons and witches were fact rather than fiction, and presents these riveting phenomena as part of an entirely rational thought process for the time in which they existed. This new edition has been fully updated in light of recent research. It contains a new guide to further reading as well as a selection of pictures that bring its themes to life. From ghosts to witches, to pigs on trial for murder, the book uses a range of different case studies to provide fascinating insights into the world-view of a vanished age. It is essential reading for all students of early modern history. .
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