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In early modern Germany, soothsayers known as wise women and men roamed the countryside. Fixtures of village life, they identified thieves and witches, read palms, and cast horoscopes. Jason Philip Coy brings their world to life by examining theological discourse alongside archival records of prosecution for popular divination in Thuringia.

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Divination was a major category of magical activity, both at the elite level but more importantly here at the popular level. Yet popular divination has almost never been studied. This book will fill a major lacuna in scholarship and will be a touchstone for years to come, in magic/witchcraft studies and for the study of early modern popular culture. A major contribution to the topic of European disenchantment.

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      Publisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
      Publication Date: 6/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813944074, 978-0813944074
      ISBN10: 0813944074

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      Book Synopsis
      In early modern Germany, soothsayers known as wise women and men roamed the countryside. Fixtures of village life, they identified thieves and witches, read palms, and cast horoscopes. Jason Philip Coy brings their world to life by examining theological discourse alongside archival records of prosecution for popular divination in Thuringia.

      Trade Review
      Divination was a major category of magical activity, both at the elite level but more importantly here at the popular level. Yet popular divination has almost never been studied. This book will fill a major lacuna in scholarship and will be a touchstone for years to come, in magic/witchcraft studies and for the study of early modern popular culture. A major contribution to the topic of European disenchantment.

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