A Bewitched Land

Author : Dr. Robert Curran
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781847175052

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A Bewitched Land by Dr. Robert Curran Pdf

Witch trials in the European or American sense were not common in Ireland although they did occur. In this book the stories of four remarkable court cases that took place from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century are told; other chapters chronicle the extraordinary lives of individuals deemed to be practitioners of the black arts – hedge witches, sorcerers and sinister characters. The book gives a unique insight into the fascinating overlap between witch belief and the vast range of fairy lore that held sway for many centuries throughout the land.

Author : Kirsten C. Uszkalo
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271090986

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Being Bewitched by Kirsten C. Uszkalo Pdf

In 1622, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Jennings fell strangely ill. After doctors’ treatments proved useless, her family began to suspect the child had been bewitched, a suspicion that was confirmed when Elizabeth accused their neighbor Margaret Russell of witchcraft. In the events that followed, witchcraft hysteria intertwines with family rivalries, property disputes, and a web of supernatural beliefs. Starting from a manuscript account of the bewitchment, Kirsten Uszkalo sets the story of Elizabeth Jennings against both the specific circumstances of the powerful Jennings family and the broader history of witchcraft in early modern England. Fitting together the intricate pieces of this complex puzzle, Uszkalo reveals a story that encompasses the iron grip of superstition, the struggle among professionalizing medical specialties, and London’s lawless and unstoppable sprawl. In the picture that emerges, we see the young Elizabeth, pinned like a live butterfly at the dark center of a web of greed and corruption, sickness and lunacy.

Author : Adolfo Costa du Rels
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Bolivia
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173025248350

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Bewitched Lands by Adolfo Costa du Rels Pdf

A Bolivian novel about violence on a feudal hacienda deep in uncharted jungle.

Author : E. William Monter
Publisher : Librairie Droz
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 260001165X

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A Bewitched Duchy by E. William Monter Pdf

Situé aux frontières linguistique et politique entre la France et le Saint-Empire, l'état tampon de la Lorraine a maintenu une neutralité précaire depuis la défaite de Charles le téméraire en 1477 jusqu'à la Guerre de Trente Ans. Entravée par le cardinal de Richelieu pendant les années 1630, l'autonomie politique de la Lorraine ne fut perdue qu'un siècle plus tard et le dernier duc de Lorraine se réfugia chez les Habsbourg. A Bewitched Duchy est la première histoire de Lorraine en langue anglaise.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004486416

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Deep hiStories by Anonim Pdf

Deep hiStories represents the first substantial publication on gender and colonialism in Southern Africa in recent years, and suggests methodological ways forward for a post-apartheid and postcolonial generation of scholars. The volume’s theorizing, which is based on Southern African regional material, is certain to impact on international debates on gender – debates which have shifted from earlier feminisms towards theorizations which include sexual difference, subjectivities, colonial (and postcolonial) discourses and the politics of representation. Deep hiStories goes beyond the dichotomies which have largely characterized the discussion of women and gender in Africa, and explores alternative models of interpretation such as ‘genealogies of voice’. These ‘genealogies’ transcend the conventional binaries of visibility and invisibility, speaking and silence. Works covering South Africa from the eighteenth to the twentieth century and Zimbabwe, Namibia and Cameroon in the twentieth include: • Colonial readings of Foucault • Ideologies of domesticity • Torture and testimony of slave women • Women as missionary targets • Gender and the public sphere • Race, science and spectacle • Male nursing on mines • Infanticide, insanity and social control • Fertility and the postcolonial state • Literary reconstructions of the past • Gender-blending and code-switching • De/colonizing the queer The collection includes diverse research on the body in Southern Africa for the first time. It brings new subtleties to the ongoing debates on culture, civility and sexuality, dealing centrally with constructions of race and whiteness in history and literature. It is an important resource for teachers and students of gender and colonial studies.

Author : Walter Metz
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780814335802

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Bewitched by Walter Metz Pdf

A study of the sitcom Bewitched that examines its entire run to discover the show’s numerous interlocking themes, tensions, and innovations.

Author : Bob Curran
Publisher : Virago Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : 0862788595

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A Haunted Land by Bob Curran Pdf

The spirits of the dead return in many shapes and in many locations in Ireland. There are the wraith-like ghosts and the full-bodied type, the dangerous and damaging, the threatening and the merely frightening. There are notorious buildings where down through the centuries spectres have been seen or heard, some, such as Leap Castle, where psychics have been overwhelmed by the intensity of the atmosphere. There are families pursued by spirits who warn them of impending death or seem to be trying to get back at them for some long-forgotten wrongdoing. Here are stories and details of the amazing variety of hauntings to be experienced throughout the country.

Author : Gertrude Landa
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465507440

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Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Gertrude Landa Pdf

This book is a collection of stories taken from traditional Rabbanic lore.

Author : Gertrude Landa
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781473370777

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Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables by Gertrude Landa Pdf

The very cordial welcome given to my earlier volume of “Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables” has prompted me to draw further upon Rabbinic lore in the interest, chiefly, of the children. How the wise Rabbis of old considered the necessities of the little ones, whose minds they understood so perfectly, is obvious from such legends as those dealing with boyish exploits of the great Biblical characters, Abraham, Moses, and David. These I have rewritten from the stories in the Talmud and Midrash in a manner suitable for the children of to-day. I have ventured also beyond the confines of these two wonderful compilations. There is a wealth of delightful imagination in the legends and folk-lore of the Jews of a later period which is almost entirely unknown to children. I have drawn also on these sources for some of the stories here presented. My desire is to give boys and girls something Jewish which they may be able to regard as companion delights to the treasury of general fairy-lore and childish romance.

Author : Various
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781907256141

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JEWISH FAIRY TALES and LEGENDS by Various Pdf

Jewish folklore overflows with vivid stories that both entertain and teach. In 1919, "Aunt Naomi" (Gertrude Landa) wrote Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends, a book of 27 fairy tales based on stories of the Jewish interpretations of the Bible. While some of the themes are familiar from contemporary fairy tales and folklore, other stories in this collection are infused with the inimitably Jewish struggle for survival and dignity; all are flavoured with a large helping of gentle humour. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends tells of the boyish exploits of Abraham, Moses, and David, but also includes stories of higgledy-piggledy palaces, beggar kings, quarreling cats and dogs, waterbabes, bogey-men, magic red slippers, a talmudic Sinbad, Alexander the Great, and even the story of a star child. Aunt Naomi strove to create a collection of Jewish delights that boys and girls could add to their treasuries of general fairy-lore and childish romance. In this she succeeded-Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends not only preserves a cultural history, but also is richly entertaining. We invite you to curl up with this unique sliver of Jewish folklore not seen in print for over ninety years; immerse yourself in the tales and fables of yesteryear. A percentage of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated towards education scholarships for underprivileged Jewish youth.

Author : Audrey L. Altstadt
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817991838

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The Azerbaijani Turks by Audrey L. Altstadt Pdf

The first comprehensive account of Azerbaijan's rich and tumultuous history up to the present time.

Author : Andrew Sneddon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781137319173

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Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland by Andrew Sneddon Pdf

This is the first academic overview of witchcraft and popular magic in Ireland and spans the medieval to the modern period. Based on a wide range of un-used and under-used primary source material, and taking account of denominational difference between Catholic and Protestant, it provides a detailed account of witchcraft trials and accusation.

Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1054 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Land tenure
ISBN : UCAL:C2996476

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Reports from Her Majesty's Representatives Respecting the Tenure of Land in the Several Countries of Europe: 1869-70 by Great Britain. Foreign Office Pdf

Author : Bessie Head
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015013918415

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A Bewitched Crossroad by Bessie Head Pdf

Author : Emma Kay
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781399008983

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A History of Herbalism by Emma Kay Pdf

Food historian Emma Kay tells the story of our centuries-old relationship with herbs. From herbalists of old to contemporary cooking, this book reveals the magical and medicinal properties of your favourite plants in colorful, compelling detail. At one time, every village in Britain had a herbalist. A History of Herbalism investigates the lives of women and men who used herbs to administer treatment and knew the benefit of each. Meet Dr Richard Shephard of Preston, who cultivated angelica on his estate in the eighteenth century for the sick and injured; or Nicholas Culpeper, a botanist who catalogued the pharmaceutical benefits of herbs for early literary society. But herbs were not only medicinal. Countless cultures and beliefs as far back as prehistoric times incorporated herbs into their practices: paganism, witchcraft, religion and even astrology. Take a walk through a medieval ‘physick’ garden, or Early Britain, and learn the ancient rituals to fend off evil powers, protect or bewitch or even attract a lover. The wake of modern medicine saw a shift away from herbal treatments, with rituals and spells shrouded with superstition as the years wore on. The author reveals how herbs became more culinary rather than medicinal including accounts of recent trends for herbal remedies as lockdown and the pandemic leads us to focus more on our health and wellbeing.