HIST 175 PZ -Magic, Heresy & Gender

Institution: Pitzer

Description: What made someone a heretic or a witch rather than a saint? How did definitions of holiness and religion change in the Atlantic World as Europe began its colonial expansion in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? How did gender influence social acceptance or rejection? Through a mix of primary sources and scholarly analyses, this course examines the history of witchcraft, magic, and approved versus forbidden belief in the trans-Atlantic world from 1400 to 1700. We will begin in Europe, and then turn to Africa, Spanish America, and New England to explore changes in both practice and ideas of belief, holiness, magic, and the devil.

Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

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