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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Amsterdam University Press
[2020]
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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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