(Source: Cornell University Press)
Cornell University Press is publishing
a sourcebook on witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine.
ABOUT THE BOOK
This sourcebook provides the
first systematic overview of witchcraft laws and trials in Russia and Ukraine
from medieval times to the late nineteenth century. Witchcraft in
Russia and Ukraine weaves scholarly commentary with never before
published primary source materials translated from Polish, Russian, and
Ukrainian. These sources include the earliest references to witchcraft and
sorcery, secular and religious laws regarding witchcraft and possession, full
trial transcripts, and a wealth of magical spells. The documents present a rich
panorama of daily life and reveal the extraordinary power of magical words.
Editors Valerie A. Kivelson and
Christine D. Worobec present new analyses of the workings and evolution of
legal systems, the interplay and tensions between church and state, and the
prosaic concerns of the women and men involved in witchcraft proceedings. The
extended documentary commentaries also explore the shifting boundaries and
fraught political relations between Russia and Ukraine.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Valeria A. Kivelson is Thomas N.
Tentler Collegiate Professor of History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of
History at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Cartographies
of Tsardom, Desperate Magic, and Autocracy in the
Provinces.
Christine D. Worobec is Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Possessed and Peasant Russia.
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