IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 1508: Magic, Superstition, and Wicked Spirits

Thursday 15 July 2010, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:	Institut für Realienkunde, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Krems
Organiser:	Gerhard Jaritz, Institut für Realienkunde, Universität Salzburg, Krems / Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Moderator/Chair:	Helmut Hundsbichler, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters & der frühen Neuzeit, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Krems
Paper 1508-a	'Si quis hariolos, haruspices vel incantatores observaverit …': Magic, Superstition, and Pagan Rites in Early Medieval Canon Law (Language: English) Daniel Ziemann, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest Index terms: Daily Life, Religious Life, Theology
Paper 1508-b	Remedies for Everyday Life's Insecurities: Superstitiones, maleficia, incantamenta in the Italian Learned Tradition at the End of the 15th Century (Language: English) Fabrizio Conti, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest Index terms: Daily Life, Religious Life, Theology
Paper 1508-c	Maligno spiritu ductus (Language: English) Gerhard Jaritz, Institut für Realienkunde, Universität Salzburg, Krems / Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest Index terms: Daily Life, Religious Life
Abstract	The session concentrates on different medieval discourses about notions and actions that were regarded as superstitious, magical or driven by wicked spirits. It intends do offer possibilities for comparative approaches and for the analysis of chronological developments.