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Emotions in the History of WitchcraftEditors: Kounine, Laura, Ostling, Michael (Eds.) Contributes to the growing scholarship in the history of the emotions, as well as the history of witchcraft and magicsee more benefits About this book About the authors Reviews Bringing together leading historians, anthropologists, and religionists, this volume examines the unbridled passions of witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the present. Witchcraft is an intensely emotional crime, rooted in the belief that envy and spite can cause illness or even death. Witch-trials in turn are emotionally driven by the grief of alleged victims and by the fears of magistrates and demonologists.With examples ranging from Russia to New England, Germany to Cameroon, chapters cover the representation of emotional witches in demonology and art; the gendering of witchcraft as female envy or male rage; witchcraft as a form of bullying and witchcraft accusation as a form of therapy; love magic and demon-lovers; and the affective memorialization of the “Burning Times” among contemporary Pagan feminists. Wide-ranging and methodologically diverse, the book is appropriate for scholars of witchcraft, gender, and emotions; for graduate or undergraduate courses, and for the interested general reader. Table of contents (15 chapters) Fear and Devotion in the Writings of Heinrich InstitorisHerzig, Tamar Pages 19-35 The Cruelty of Witchcraft: The Drawings of Jacques de Gheyn the YoungerZika, Charles Pages 37-56 Satanic Fury: Depictions of the Devil’s Rage in Nicolas Remy’s DaemonolatriaKounine, Laura Pages 57-76 Tyrannical Beasts: Male Witchcraft in Early Modern English CultureKent, E. J. Pages 77-94 The Witch in the Courtroom: Torture and the Representations of EmotionVoltmer, Rita Pages 97-116 ‘So They Will Love Me and Pine for Me’: Intimacy and Distance in Early Modern Russian MagicKivelson, Valerie A. Pages 117-135 Emotion and Affect in Lorraine Witchcraft TrialsBriggs, Robin Pages 137-153 Speaking of Love in the Polish Witch TrialsOstling, Michael Pages 155-171 Over-Familiar Spirits: The Bonds between English Witches and Their DevilsMillar, Charlotte-Rose Pages 173-189 Bullying, the Neurobiology of Emotional Aggression, and the Experience of WitchcraftBever, Edward Pages 193-212 Witchcraft and the Dangers of Intimacy: Africa and EuropeGeschiere, Peter Pages 213-229 Psychotic Reactions? Witchcraft, the Devil and Mental IllnessFerber, Sarah Pages 231-245 In Memorium Maleficarum: Feminist and Pagan Mobilizations of the Burning TimesZwissler, Laurel Pages 249-268 Afterword: Passions in PerspectiveGaskill, Malcolm