Shaman of Oberstdorf: Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the phantoms of the night

421 Pages·1998·1 MB·English

by  Wolfgang Behringer

Shaman of Oberstdorf : Chonrad Stoeckhlin
title: and the Phantoms of the Night Studies in
Early Modern German History
author: Behringer, Wolfgang.
publisher: University of Virginia Press
isbn10 | asin: 0813917883
print isbn13: 9780813917887
ebook isbn13: 9780585120966
language: English
Witchcraft--Germany--Allgäu--History-
subject -16th century, Occultism--Germany--AllgÃ
¤u--History--16th century.
publication date: 1998
lcc: BF1583.B43813 1998eb
ddc: 133.4/3/094337
Witchcraft--Germany--Allgäu--History-
subject: -16th century, Occultism--Germany--AllgÃ
¤u--History--16th century.
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Shaman of Oberstdorf
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Studies in Early Modern German History
H.C. Erik Midelfort, Editor
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Shaman of Oberstdorf
Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the Phantoms of the Night
(Chonrad Stoeckhlin und die Nachtschar:
Eine Geschichte aus der frühen Neuzeit)
Wolfgang Behringer
Translated by H.C. Erik Midelfort
University Press of Virginia
Charlottesville
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Originally published in German as Chonrad Stoeckhlin und die
Nachtschar: Eine Geschichte
aus der frühen Neuzeit, © R. Piper GmbH & Co. KG, München, 1994
The University Press of Virginia
Translation © C 1998 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of
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First published 1998
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Behringer, Wolfgang.
[Chonrad Stoecklin und die Nachtschar. English]
Shaman of Oberstdorf: Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the phantoms of the
night / Wolfgang Behringer; translated by H.C. Erik Midelfort.
p. cm.
(Studies in early modern German history)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8139-1788-3 (hardcover: alk. paper)
ISBN 0-8139-1853-7 (paper: alk. paper)
1. Witchcraft Germany Allgäu History 16th century.
2. Occultism Germany History Allgäu 16th century. I. Title. II. Series
BF1583.B43813 1998
133.4'3' 094337 dc21 97-48497
CIP
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Contents
List of Maps vii
Author's Acknowledgments ix
Translator's Preface xi
1 1
Herdsmen
2 9
Shrovetide Conversations
3 12
The Message of the Specter
4 17
An Angel Appears
5 22
The Phantoms of the Night
6 26
The People of the Night
7 35
Music of Unearthly Beauty
8 39
The Miracle of the Bones
9 47
The Good Society

Page vi
10 72
Wuotas
11 82
Healing and Prophecy
12 89
Witches' Flight
13 99
Heuber
14 105
Witch Hunt
15 118
Peasant Rebellion
16 128
Folk Beliefs
17 142
Shamanism
18 146
Bricolage
19 152
Private Revelations
20 157
The End of the Dreamtime
Notes 161
Index 195