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.
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Apropos of Calmet
Last July I mentioned a forthcoming book on Calmet, and at the same time I pre-ordered a copy of it. However, since then I have regularly received messages that it has been postponed. And this morning I got another one, so I am still waiting to see what this voluminous book (around 1.000 pages!) contains.
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