On several occasions, particularly on the periphery of the Habsburg Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries, dead people were suspected of being revenants or vampires, and consequently dug up and destroyed. Some contemporary authors named this phenomenon Magia Posthuma. This blog is dedicated to understanding what happened and why.
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
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A comprehensive and valuable blog, even for a professional historian like me!Thanks a million! Norbert Finzsch (Berlin/Cologne)
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