New York: Cornell University Press, 2020. — 532 p.
This book provides the first systematic overview of witchcraft laws and trials in Russia and Ukraine, combining scholarly commentary with primary source materials translated from Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian, most of which have never before been published
List of Illustrations
Timeline
List of Abbreviations
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Early Accounts of Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Magic in Medieval Rus
Witchcraft and Politics in Muscovy and the Hetmanate
Laws and Guidelines concerning the Prosecution of Witchcraft, Late Twelfth Century to 1885
Witchcraft Trials’ Processes and Extralegal Prosecution of Witchcraft: Complete Records
Healing and Harming
Sex/Love/Anti-Love Magic
Power Relations and Hierarchy
Possession
Satanic Pacts/Diabolism
Orality/Literacy
Specialists in Magic
Notes