ISBN:
9781351872638
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (242 p)
Series Statement:
Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
Parallel Title:
Print version Toivo, Raisa Maria Witchcraft and Gender in Early Modern Society : Finland and the Wider European Experience
DDC:
305.4094897
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Table -- List of Maps -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- The state and power among the peasants -- Witchcraft, witch trials and authority -- Women in and under authority -- Court records as text -- 2 The Widow Farmer Witch: Agata Pekatytär 1670-1700 -- Agata Pekantytär, the mother -- The widow cotter -- Inheritances 1671-1674 -- The plight of the heiress -- Magic trials -- The mother -- Agata Pekantytär, mistress of the farm -- Farmhold responsibilities -- Family haven? -- Shared representation
Abstract:
Envious neighbours: witches to trial -- The village -- Agata Pekantytär as the reputed witch -- Gossip -- Old age -- The story of a powerful woman? -- 3 Witches and Power -- Poor or powerful people? -- Women between kin and state -- Power in court -- Reading the court records -- Witchcraft representing power -- Conclusions -- 4 Work, Status and Power -- Work as obedience -- Work as personal worth -- Witchcraft and skilled work -- Work and community -- Gendering work and witchcraft -- Ownership and control -- Partnership for power -- Gendering work and power -- Conclusions
Abstract:
5 Family, Women's Status and Power -- A woman's place -- Spouses and protection -- Exclusion from the family -- Feminisms, witches and patriarchy -- Regaining the body -- Idealised mother and maternal power -- Mothers and grandmothers -- Conclusions -- 6 Conclusions: Mother, Wife and Witch -- Women in court -- Mothers, housewives -- Witches -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
