Strange Histories Oldridge Darren University of Worcester UK
Strange Histories Oldridge Darren University of Worcester UK Strange Histories is an exploration of some of the most extraordinary beliefs that existed in the late Middle Ages through to the end of…
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Strange Histories Oldridge Darren University of Worcester UK
Strange Histories is an exploration of some of the most extraordinary beliefs that existed in the late Middle Ages through to the end of the seventeenth century. By doing so, it offers a new way of understanding the world in which dragons and witches were fact rather than fiction, and presents these riveting phenomena as part of an entirely rational thought process for the time in which they existed.This new edition has been fully updated in light of recent research. Presenting serious accounts of the appearance of angels and demons, sea monsters and dragons within European and North American history, this book moves away from "present-centred thinking" and instead places such events firmly within their social and cultural context.
From ghosts to witches, to It contains a new guide to further reading as well as a selection of pictures that bring its themes to life.