Spectralities in the Renaissance explores the history of the idea of ghosts in early modern Europe, moving away from thinking of them as a purely religious phenomenon, but as something rooted in cultural traditions, particularly in times of violence, where the living and the dead were in close proximity. Callard focuses on ancien regime France, to explore how the notion of ghosts and the supernatural played a part in France's early modern past, in such disparate areas as politics, law, natural philosophy, and the cultural and emotional history of everyday life.
About the AuthorCaroline Callard is an historian of the early modern period and directrice d'etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris.
Book InformationISBN 9780198849476
Author Caroline CallardFormat Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 546g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 19mm