Abstract:In der Frühen Neuzeit schufen Gespenster als Teil der alltäglichen Weltdeutung nicht nur religiösen, sondern vor allem auch sozialen Sinn. Wie Parish festhält, spiegeln sich in den Deutungen von und Handlungen mit Geistern stets die Bedürfnisse der Lebenden wider. 1 Lewis betont, wie selektiv sich die Deutung von Geistern in der alltäglichen Praxis darstellte: "It was […] to present a range of different opinions, methods and explanations from which people at all levels of society appear to have selectively em… Show more
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