Witchcraft, Calvinism and Rural Society in the Netherlands: Storytelling in the Twentieth Century

The disenchantment of the world initiated by the Enlightenment was not a linear process. Folktales show that a magical world-view persisted in rural society until about 1900. An analysis of two types of folktales demonstrates that even in orthodox Calvinism there were people to whom witchcraft was a...

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Main Author: Exalto, John 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Amsterdam University Press [2020]
In: Trajecta
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-48
RelBib Classification:AZ New religious movements
CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBD Benelux countries
KDD Protestant Church
Further subjects:B Witchcraft
B Calvinism
B Folktales
B countryside
B Northwestern Veluwe
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