Desperate magic the moral economy of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Russia - Kivelson, Valerie A. (Valerie Ann) (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013)
Witchcraft historiography : Russia's divergence -- "Report on this matter to us in Moscow, fully and in truth" : documentation and procedure -- Muscovite prosaic magic and the devil's pale shadow -- Love, sex, and hierarchy : the role of gender in witchcraft accusations -- Undivided spheres : gender and idioms of magic -- "To treat me kindly" : negotiating excess in Muscovite hierarchical relations -- Trials, justice and the logic of torture.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Witchcraft -- Russia -- History -- 17th century; Magic -- Social aspects -- Russia -- History -- 17th century; Trials (Witchcraft) -- Russia -- History -- 17th century; Russia -- Social conditions -- 17th century; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Parapsychology / General; Electronic books