Fearful Spirits, Reasoned Follies: The Boundaries of Superstition in Late Medieval Europe

by Michael D. Bailey

Book Overview

Superstitions are commonplace in the modern world. Mostly, however, they evoke innocuous images of people reading their horoscopes or avoiding black cats. Certain religious practices might also come to mind--praying to St. Christopher or lighting candles for the dead. Benign as they might seem today, such practices were not always perceived that way. In medieval Europe superstitions were considered serious offenses, violations of essential precepts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501714732
• ISBN13: 9781501714733
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher