Obrazując czarownice – niedocenione źródło w badaniach początków kształtowania się stereotypu czarownicy

• Authors: Joanna Gacek

Title variants

EN

Portraying Witches—an Undervalued Source in the Study of the Roots of the Witch Stereotype

Abstracts

EN

Thanks to pictorial sources, we can deepen our knowledge of witchcraft of the early modern era. An analysis of the used techniques alone brings us to the conclusion that the idea of witchcraft was widely known among common people. Numerous iconographic works prove that the witch-flight was at the time one of the most perplexing issues. Selected representations of witches simultaneously consolidated folklorist beliefs and connected them with the idea of witchcraft as a heresy, which was especially encouraged by the Church.

Keywords

EN

witchcraft; woodcut; heresy; Ulrich Molitor; Malleus Maleficarum; Albrecht Dürer; Hans Baldung Grien

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Ogrody Nauk i Sztuk
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

author

Joanna Gacek

Identifiers

ISSN

2084-1426