Examines Ukrainian witchcraft trials through quantitative data analysis, first exploring the ideological background based on priestly and theological works, then focusing on the process of witchcraft accusations by analyzing participants' stories to understand what led from initial suspicions to formal accusations.
Examines Ukrainian witchcraft trials through quantitative data analysis, first exploring the ideological background based on priestly and theological works, then focusing on the process of witchcraft accusations by analyzing participants' stories to understand what led from initial suspicions to formal accusations.
Kateryna Dysa is an Associate Professor of History at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv.
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Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Constructing the Ukrainian Witchcraft Trial Legal Foundations The Queen of Evidence: The Use of Torture and the Figure of the Executioner In the Realm of Gossip: The Role of Everyday Communication in the Legal Process Actors of the Witchcraft Trials Chapter 2. Ukrainian Orthodox Demonology: The Learned Elite and Perceptions of the Devil and Witches Iconography of the Devil Demons and Witches The Demonic in Ukrainian Orthodox Writings Specificities of Demonic Possession and Exorcism The Pact with the Devil Demonization of Neighbors Opponents and Enemies Chapter 3. Beyond the Trials or the Anatomy of Witchcraft Accusations Peaceful Coexistence Family and Witchcraft Inheritance of Witchcraft within the Family Accusations within the Family Family Support Rivalry and Bewitchment Dangerous Proximity: Master-Servant Relationships Bewitching a Master: Trials about the Bewitchment of Social Superiors Demonstration of Loyalty to a Master in Witchcraft Cases Subtle Love Matters Witchcraft and Medicine: Power to Take away and Restore Health Bewitching Animals Spoiling Harvests Magic Practitioners and Actual Magic Practices Local Magic Practitioners Amateur Magic Practices Chapter 4. A Case of Witchcraft and Infanticide in Szczurowczyky Infanticide in Szczurowczyky: Iewka Stanorycha A Witchcraft practitioner: Orzyszka Liczmanicha Night Flights and Coven Verdicts Further Romanticization Forgetting and Resurrection of Ukrainian Witches: An Afterword Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Constructing the Ukrainian Witchcraft Trial Legal Foundations The Queen of Evidence: The Use of Torture and the Figure of the Executioner In the Realm of Gossip: The Role of Everyday Communication in the Legal Process Actors of the Witchcraft Trials Chapter 2. Ukrainian Orthodox Demonology: The Learned Elite and Perceptions of the Devil and Witches Iconography of the Devil Demons and Witches The Demonic in Ukrainian Orthodox Writings Specificities of Demonic Possession and Exorcism The Pact with the Devil Demonization of Neighbors Opponents and Enemies Chapter 3. Beyond the Trials or the Anatomy of Witchcraft Accusations Peaceful Coexistence Family and Witchcraft Inheritance of Witchcraft within the Family Accusations within the Family Family Support Rivalry and Bewitchment Dangerous Proximity: Master-Servant Relationships Bewitching a Master: Trials about the Bewitchment of Social Superiors Demonstration of Loyalty to a Master in Witchcraft Cases Subtle Love Matters Witchcraft and Medicine: Power to Take away and Restore Health Bewitching Animals Spoiling Harvests Magic Practitioners and Actual Magic Practices Local Magic Practitioners Amateur Magic Practices Chapter 4. A Case of Witchcraft and Infanticide in Szczurowczyky Infanticide in Szczurowczyky: Iewka Stanorycha A Witchcraft practitioner: Orzyszka Liczmanicha Night Flights and Coven Verdicts Further Romanticization Forgetting and Resurrection of Ukrainian Witches: An Afterword Bibliography Index
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