Magic and masculinity : ritual magic and gender in the early modern era /
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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| Language: | English |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2014
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| Series: | International library of historical studies ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conventions and Abbreviations; Illustrations; Introduction; 1. For The 'Uninitiated'; 2. Magical Masculinities; 3. Fraternity and Freemasons; 4. Scrying and Subversion: John Dee and Edward Kelley; 5. John Pordage and Passivity; 6. Swords, Satan and Sex; 7. Fairies and Female Magicians; 8. Magical Metaphors: Mary Parish and Goodwin Wharton; 9. Magic and Honour; Conclusion: Boundaries and Intersections; Notes; Bibliography; Back Cover.
