Witchcraft and gender in early modern society : Finland and the wider European experience / Raisa Maria Toivo

Author: Toivo, Raisa Maria
Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2008]
Copyright Date: ©2008
Physical Description: vi, 231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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Women and gender in the early modern world

Contents

Introduction -- The widow farmer witch : Agata Pekatytär 1670-1700 -- Witches and power -- Work, status and power -- Family, women's status and power -- Conclusions: Mother, wife, and witch.

Subject(s)

Women—Finland—Social conditions—17th century
Women—Europe—Social conditions—17th century
Sex role—Finland—History—17th century
Sex role—Europe—History—17th century
Witchcraft—Finland—History—17th century
Witchcraft—Europe—History—17th century
Finland—History—17th century
Europe—History—17th century

ISBN

9780754664543 (alk. paper)
0754664546 (alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-226) and index.

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Witchcraft and gender in early modern society : Finland and the wider European experience / Raisa Maria Toivo

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