Magic and masculinity : ritual magic and gender in the early modern era / Frances Timbers.

In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic - the attempted communication with angels and demons - both reinforced and subverted existing concepts of gender. The majority of male magicians acted from a position of control and command commensurate with their social position in...

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Main Author: Timbers, Frances (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
Series:International library of historical studies ; 92.
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