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Spectralities in the Renaissance: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (The Past and Present Book Series) - Hardcover

Book 22 of 22: The Past and Present Book

Callard, Caroline; Selous, Trista

 
9780198849476: Spectralities in the Renaissance: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (The Past and Present Book Series)

Synopsis

An exciting and original study of the history of the idea of ghosts in early modern Europe, exploring how the notion of ghosts and the supernatural played a part in France's early modern past, in such disparate areas as politics, law, natural philosophy, and the cultural and emotional history of everyday life.

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About the Author

Caroline Callard, Directrice d'études, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris

Caroline Callard is an historian of the early modern period and directrice d'études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris.

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