Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages by Stephen A. Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011) Paperback

Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages by Stephen A. Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011) PaperbackStephen A. Mitchell. Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Paperback. 368 pages. Condition: As New Description from the publisher: Stephen A. Mitchell here offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia. He focuses on those people believed to be ableand who in some instances thought themselves ableto manipulate the world around them through magical

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