»We hereby condemn any and all fortune-telling, witchery...«
Instructions issued to the priests of the Ljubljana Diocese in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century regarding superstition
Keywords:
Ljubljana Diocese, superstition, priests, 17th-18th centuryAbstract
Between 1600 and 1750 the priests of the Ljubljana Diocese were instructed how to deal with (popular) superstition by two synodal ordinances: up to the last quarter of the 17th century, by the ordinance entitled »On Magic and Superstition and The Types of Such Practices« after that by the »Decree Prohibiting the Distribution of Healing Leaflets Among the People.« The article presents the contents of both documents, as well as the context in which they were created. A comparison of the contents of both documents (and partly of their style) gives an insight into the general mental background of the time.
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