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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.1: Demonic Possession and Popish Impostures
This seminar examines the idea of Demonic possession in early-modern European thought.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.2: Rituals and Religious Controversy - Exorcism
A seminar examining the role of exorcism in Elizabethan protestant circles, and how the idea fitted uncomfortably in the revised religion.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.3: The Dangers of 'Sadducisma' and the Defence of Witchcraft
This seminar focuses on Joseph Glanvill's Saducismus Triumphatus, which attempts to provide a 'reasonable' justification of the existence and power of witchcraft in the world.
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.5: Sudden Deaths and Providential Punishment: Protestant Views of Providence
A Seminar examining sudden death and the belief in providential punishment in early-modern Europe.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.6: Miracles, Holly Wells and Magical Healing
A seminar focused on reformation debates about miracles.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.7: 'Visible Sermons': Portents and the Formation of Protestant Piety
A seminar focused on providential beliefs in early-modern Europe.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.8: Providence and the Natural World
A seminar that explores beliefs in portents in early-modern Europe. This seminar is linked to seminar 07 on Protestant Piety.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.9: Monstrous Births and unnatural Happenings
This seminar explores how 'monstrous creatures' and human birth accidents were understood as signs of God's providence.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.10: Almanacs, Astrology and Change
A seminar about early-modern almanacs and astrology and how opinions about these changed during the period.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Eruope: Seminar 2.11: Astrology's Contested Role
This seminar explores the contested role of Astrology in early-modern Europe.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.12: Prophets, Seers and Messiahs
This seminar looks at the scriptural grounds for believing that the 'Last Days' would be accompanied by 'false prophets'.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Eruope: Seminar 2.13: Prophecy and the Millennium: The World Turned Upside Down
This seminar examines Millenarianism.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.14: The New Experience of Nature: Robert Boyle's 'Pneumatical Engine'
This seminar looks into the experimental philosophy that grew during the 17th century in Europe.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.16: Rewriting the Miracles of Nature: The Impact of microscopy
This seminar examines microscopy in the 17th century.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
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Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe: Seminar 2.17: The Royal Society of London: Scientific Institution - and public relations instrument of the 'new science'
This seminar deals with the Royal Society of London and the rising 'new science' and 'experimental philosophy' of the 17th century.
Shared with the World by Dr Matt Phillpott |
Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe - Semester 2
A collection of seminar sheets with bibliographies and topic summaries prepared for the Special Subject module: Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe. This module ran at the Department of History, University of Sheffield.
| Added By: | Dr Matt Phillpott |
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| Date Added: | 20 Jan 2010 13:38 |
| Creators: | Matt Phillpott |
| Tags: | Ukoer, History, Seminar, Ghosts, Witches, Portents, Early Modern, Europe |
| Languages: | English |
| Viewing permissions: | World |
| URL: | http://humbox.edshare.ac.uk/id/eprint/1551 |
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