The first demon to be exorcised, says Zika (history, U. of Melbourne) is the hesitation by historians to document those areas of human experience that cluster around the figure of the demonic, and are
Shortlisted for the 2008 Katharine Briggs Award. For centuries the witch has been a powerful figure in the European imagination; but the creation of this figure has been hidden from our view. Charles
Shortlisted for the 2008 Katharine Briggs Award. For centuries the witch has been a powerful figure in the European imagination; but the creation of this figure has been hidden from our view. Charles
In late medieval and early modern Europe, textual and visual records of disaster and mass death allow us to encounter the intense emotions generated through the religious, providential and apocalyptic
Colleagues and former students of the late Ian Robertson (history, U. of Melbourne, 1961-97) present essays on religious rituals, the rhetoric of the image, and the written and oral word. Among their