Enchanted Europe by Euan Cameron
Enchanted Europe offers the first comprehensive account of Europe's long, complex relationship with its own folklore and popular religion. From debates over the efficacy of charms and spells, to belief in fairies and demons, Euan Cameron constructs a compelling narrative of the rise and fall of 'superstition' in the European mind.
Fresh and exciting..a significant contribution to the history of ideas. * Ronald Hutton, Financial Times *
Enchanted Europe gives the history of superstition this strong, if necessarily teleological shape, together with some much needed rigour. It also shifts the history of Europe's intellectual disenchantment from its usual focus on the fortunes of magic and witchcraft... these are considerable achievements. * Stuart Clark, Times Literary Supplement *
Thorough and enthralling * Steve Craggs, Northern Echo *
Enchanted Europe is a major contribution to the religious and intellectual history of late medieval and early modern Europe...a striking intervention in a debate that has lately been in danger of stagnation. Euan Cameron has written an immensely learned book that greatly advances our understanding of the mental universe of the early modern intelligentsia and seems set to stimulate ongoing discussion of its challenging subject. * Alexandra Walsham, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *
Enchanted Europe gives the history of superstition this strong, if necessarily teleological shape, together with some much needed rigour. It also shifts the history of Europe's intellectual disenchantment from its usual focus on the fortunes of magic and witchcraft... these are considerable achievements. * Stuart Clark, Times Literary Supplement *
Thorough and enthralling * Steve Craggs, Northern Echo *
Enchanted Europe is a major contribution to the religious and intellectual history of late medieval and early modern Europe...a striking intervention in a debate that has lately been in danger of stagnation. Euan Cameron has written an immensely learned book that greatly advances our understanding of the mental universe of the early modern intelligentsia and seems set to stimulate ongoing discussion of its challenging subject. * Alexandra Walsham, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *
Euan Cameron received his B.A. and D.Phil. degrees from Oxford University. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford from 1979 to 1986, and a member of the Department of History of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1985 to 2002. Since 2002 he has been Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he has also served as Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. He is a member of the departments of Religion and History at Columbia University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199257829 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199257825 |
| Title | Enchanted Europe |
| Author | Euan Cameron |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2010-03-18 |
| Number of pages | 488 |
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