Spectralities in the Renaissance (Hardcover)

Hardcover. Spectralities in the Renaissance explores the history of the idea of ghosts in early modern Europe, moving away from thinking of them as a purely religious phenomenon, but as something rooted in cultural traditions, particularly in times of violence, where the living and the dead were in close proximity. Callard focuses on ancien regime France, to explore how the notion of ghosts and the supernatural played a part in France's early modern past, insuch disparate areas as politics, law, natural philosophy, and the cultural and emotional history of everyday life. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.