Spectralities in the Renaissance : sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Caroline Callard ; translated by Trista Selous.
Series: Past & present book series: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (248 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191883590.Subject(s): Ghosts -- Europe -- History -- 16th century | Ghosts -- Europe -- History -- 17th century | Ghosts -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Apparitions -- Europe -- History -- 16th century | Apparitions -- Europe -- History -- 17th century | Paranormal | Mind, body, spiritAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198849476DDC classification: 133.109409031 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Spectralities in the Renaissance' explores the history of the idea of ghosts in early modern Europe, moving away from thinking of them as a purely religious phenomenon, but as something rooted in cultural traditions, particularly in times of violence, where the living and the dead were in close proximity. Callard focuses on ancien regime France, to explore how the notion of ghosts and the supernatural played a part in France's early modern past, in such disparate areas as politics, law, natural philosophy, and the cultural and emotional history of everyday life.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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Translated from the French.
This edition also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Spectralities in the Renaissance' explores the history of the idea of ghosts in early modern Europe, moving away from thinking of them as a purely religious phenomenon, but as something rooted in cultural traditions, particularly in times of violence, where the living and the dead were in close proximity. Callard focuses on ancien regime France, to explore how the notion of ghosts and the supernatural played a part in France's early modern past, in such disparate areas as politics, law, natural philosophy, and the cultural and emotional history of everyday life.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 25, 2022).