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První případy posmrtné magie na severní Moravě a ve Slezsku

Title in English The First Cases of Post-Mortal Sorcery in North Moravia and Silesia
Authors

VITOVSKÁ SLEZÁKOVÁ Monika

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Časopis Matice moravské
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field History
Keywords sorcery; exhumation; post-mortal sorcery; north Moravia; Silesia; vampirism
Description The contribution discusses the cases of post-mortal sorcery on the Moravian-Silesian border in 1674-1715. The author analyzes the cases and mutually compares them. The combination of the methods led to a finding that the accusations have most often been directed at persons with a damaged reputation, while the characteristics of a ‘post- -mortal sorcerer’ were frequently identical with those of a witch. She also establishes a primary model of process negotiations, which allows for following the involvement of the different parties dominated by the Olomouc episcopal consistory and the local elites as well as common people.
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