Chapter 2 WITCHCRAFT AND POLITICS IN MUSCOVY AND THE HETMANATE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations xiii
4. Timeline xv
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. List of Abbreviations xxi
7. Note on Translation and Transliteration xxiii
8. Introduction 1
9. Part I. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION, LAW, AND PROSECUTION
10. Chapter 1 EARLY ACCOUNTS OF WITCHCRAFT, SORCERY, AND MAGIC IN MEDIEVAL RUS 15
11. Chapter 2 WITCHCRAFT AND POLITICS IN MUSCOVY AND THE HETMANATE 26
12. Chapter 3 LAWS AND GUIDELINES CONCERNING THE PROSECUTION OF WITCHCRAFT, LATE TWELFTH CENTURY TO 1885 79
13. Chapter 4. Witchcraft Trials’ Processes and Extralegal Prosecution of Witchcraft: Complete Records 162
14. Part II. MAGICAL PRACTICES, EVERYDAY MATTERS, AND THE POWER OF WORDS: TRIAL EXCERPTS
15. Chapter 5. Healing and Harming 265
16. Chapter 6. Sex/Love/Anti-Love Magic 292
17. Chapter 7. Power Relations and Hierarchy 333
18. Chapter 8. Possession 361
19. Chapter 9. Satanic Pacts/Diabolism 384
20. Chapter 10. Orality/Literacy 427
21. Chapter 11. Specialists in Magic 450
22. Notes 465
23. Index 489