Johannes Dillinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 1258175 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johannes Dillinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johannes |
| FAMILY NAME | Dillinger |
| SIGNATURE | DILLINGER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Brookes University |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-8344-0105 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Poltergeist to Preacher
The paper discusses alleged apparitions of ghosts in Southwest Germany from the late 16th to the 19th century. It will try to answer the question how the ghosts were supposed to communicate with the living. As a rule, ghosts manifested as poltergeists, i.e. as purely audible phenomena. At times, they assumed a visible shape (as an animal, a shadow, or a human figure), too. However, until the end of the 17th century, in most cases, the ghosts did …
The Routledge History of Witchcraft
Routledge History of Witchcraft
La Fontaine, Jean
Anthropos , Seite 667 - 668
Introduction
Treasures were magical. Until the nineteenth century, buried treasures were shrouded with intricate webs of narratives. Most of these narratives had magical elements. Vestiges of that treasure magic have survived. In the summer of 2009, while I worked on this book, the spectacular discovery of an Anglo-Saxon treasure in Staffordshire made headlines. Metal detector enthusiast Terry Herbert, who had searched for treasure troves in vain for years, u…
Magical Treasure Hunting in Europe and North America
Dowsing from the Late Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century
Dowsing was an element of European folk magic. With the help of simple wooden rods persons with special magical abilities were supposed to be able to find hidden objects, from buried treasures to subterranean springs. The rise of dowsing can be traced to its use in the emerging mining centres of Central Europe around 1500. However, dowsers soon claimed nearly universal magical knowledge. Even though dowsing encountered strong scepticism, a number…
Terrorists and witches
In the early modern period (16–18th centuries), churches and state administrations alike strove to eradicate Evil. Neither they nor society at large accepted a conceptual differentiation between crime and sin. The two worst kinds of Evil early modern societies could imagine were organized arson and witchcraft. Although both of them were delusions, they nevertheless promoted state building. Networks of itinerant street beggars were supposed to hav…
Treasure-Hunting
Journal Article Treasure-Hunting: A Magical Motif in Law, Folklore, and Mentality, Württemberg, 1606-1770 Get access Johannes Dillinger, Johannes Dillinger Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Petra Feld Petra Feld Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2002, Pages 161–184, https://doi.org/10.1191/0266355402gh250oa Published: 01 April 2…
Concerning “Witches and Witchbusters”
In her article Witches and Witchbusters in Folklore 107 (1996) Jacqueline Simpson drew attention to trials and early modern witch-beliefs as a topic of folklorists. Her statement that wherever communal fears and fantasies are involved there is a place for the folklorist alongside the historian and the anthropologist can only be appreciated. The source materials are too manifold and too interesting to be neglected by either school. After Simpson's…
Terrorists and witches
In the early modern period (16–18th centuries), churches and state administrations alike strove to eradicate Evil. Neither they nor society at large accepted a conceptual differentiation between crime and sin. The two worst kinds of Evil early modern societies could imagine were organized arson and witchcraft. Although both of them were delusions, they nevertheless promoted state building. Networks of itinerant street beggars were supposed to hav…
Concerning “Witches and Witchbusters”
In her article Witches and Witchbusters in Folklore 107 (1996) Jacqueline Simpson drew attention to trials and early modern witch-beliefs as a topic of folklorists. Her statement that wherever communal fears and fantasies are involved there is a place for the folklorist alongside the historian and the anthropologist can only be appreciated. The source materials are too manifold and too interesting to be neglected by either school. After Simpson's…
Treasure-Hunting
Journal Article Treasure-Hunting: A Magical Motif in Law, Folklore, and Mentality, Württemberg, 1606-1770 Get access Johannes Dillinger, Johannes Dillinger Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Petra Feld Petra Feld Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2002, Pages 161–184, https://doi.org/10.1191/0266355402gh250oa Published: 01 April 2…
Terrorists and witches
In the early modern period (16–18th centuries), churches and state administrations alike strove to eradicate Evil. Neither they nor society at large accepted a conceptual differentiation between crime and sin. The two worst kinds of Evil early modern societies could imagine were organized arson and witchcraft. Although both of them were delusions, they nevertheless promoted state building. Networks of itinerant street beggars were supposed to hav…
Introduction
Treasures were magical. Until the nineteenth century, buried treasures were shrouded with intricate webs of narratives. Most of these narratives had magical elements. Vestiges of that treasure magic have survived. In the summer of 2009, while I worked on this book, the spectacular discovery of an Anglo-Saxon treasure in Staffordshire made headlines. Metal detector enthusiast Terry Herbert, who had searched for treasure troves in vain for years, u…
Magical Treasure Hunting in Europe and North America
Dowsing from the Late Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century
Dowsing was an element of European folk magic. With the help of simple wooden rods persons with special magical abilities were supposed to be able to find hidden objects, from buried treasures to subterranean springs. The rise of dowsing can be traced to its use in the emerging mining centres of Central Europe around 1500. However, dowsers soon claimed nearly universal magical knowledge. Even though dowsing encountered strong scepticism, a number…
La Fontaine, Jean
Anthropos , Seite 667 - 668
The Routledge History of Witchcraft
Routledge History of Witchcraft
From Poltergeist to Preacher
The paper discusses alleged apparitions of ghosts in Southwest Germany from the late 16th to the 19th century. It will try to answer the question how the ghosts were supposed to communicate with the living. As a rule, ghosts manifested as poltergeists, i.e. as purely audible phenomena. At times, they assumed a visible shape (as an animal, a shadow, or a human figure), too. However, until the end of the 17th century, in most cases, the ghosts did …
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