Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps and Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. List of Abbreviations xiv
6. Note on Names and Transliteration xvii
7. Maps xviii
8. Introduction: The Moral Economy of Desperation in Seventeenth-Century Russia 1
9. 1. Witchcraft Historiography: Russia’s Divergence 13
10. 2. “Report on Th is Matter to Us in Moscow, Fully and in Truth”: Documentation and Procedure 38
11. 3. Muscovite Prosaic Magic and the Devil’s Pale Shadow 52
12. 4. Love, Sex, and Hierarchy: The Role of Gender in Witchcraft Accusations 83
13. 5. Undivided Spheres: Gender and Idioms of Magic 127
14. 6. “To Treat Me Kindly”: Negotiating Excess in Muscovite Hierarchical Relations 168
15. 7. Trials, Justice, and the Logic of Torture 198
16. 8. Witchcraft, Heresy, Treason, Rebellion: Defining Muscovy’s Most Heinous Crimes 233
17. The Aftermath: Peter the Great and the Age of Enlightenment 256
18. Appendix A. List of Witchcraft Trials 261
19. Appendix B. List of Laws and Decrees against Witchcraft and Magic 273
20. Notes 275
21. Bibliography 308
22. Index 339