Alison Rowlands
Biographic Data
| ID | 3799495 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Rowlands |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Rowlands |
| SIGNATURE | ROWLANDS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3812-1951 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Men, Emotions and the Sickbed in a Sorcery Trial from Seventeenth-Century Germany
Some early modern Europeans believed that illness was caused by an act of harmful magic perpetrated against a sufferer by another person. This attribution of magical blame was not inevitable, however, although historians’ understanding of the social and emotional dynamics of the process by which illness might be linked to bewitchment remains patchy. This article deepens our understanding of this ‘witch-making’ process and how it was gendered thro…
Michael Wirth’s Kunstbüchlein: Books of Arts and Weapons Magic in a Sorcery Trial from Seventeenth-Century Germany
How did men and magical objects interact in the early modern period, and with what consequences? This article seeks to answer these questions through a close reading of the trial for sorcery of an urban artisan named Michael Wirth, who was accused in 1663 of murdering his neighbour by magical means. The article foregrounds the role that Wirth’s Kunstbüchlein (books of arts) played in his practice of magic (in his case, a type of weapons magic aim…
The Devil’s Art: Divination and Discipline in Early Modern Germany, by Jason Philip Coy
Personalising screening of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy - qualitative evidence to inform effective implementation
Implementing variable-interval screening into clinical practice is generally acceptable to PWD and HCP with important caveats, and misconceptions must be addressed. Clear safeguards against increasing non-attendance, loss of diabetes control and alternative referral pathways are required. For risk calculation systems to be safe, reliable monitoring and clear communication is required
Imagining the Witch. Emotions, Gender, and Selfhood in Early Modern Germany
In this book, Laura Kounine uses a selection of witch-trials from early modern Germany in order to explore answers to the following important and intriguing questions: What account of themselves as individuals did people accused of witchcraft give to the authorities? How were these accounts contested by neighbours and court officials? And in what ways did gender matter to this process? Kounine’s context is Württemberg, the large Lutheran Duchy wh…
The Witch-cleric Stereotype in a Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Context
This article enhances our understanding of the development and dynamism of early modern witch stereotypes by focusing on the stereotype of the witch-cleric, the Christian minister imagined by early modern people as working for the devil instead of God, baptizing people into witchcraft, working harmful magic and even officiating at witches’ gatherings. I show how this stereotype first developed in relation to Catholic clerics in demonology, print …
Witchcraft narratives in Germany: Rothenburg, 1561–1652
Given the widespread belief in witchcraft and the existence of laws against such practices, why did witch-trials fail to gain momentum and escalate into 'witch-crazes' in certain parts of early modern Europe? This book answers this question by examining the rich legal records of the German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a city which experienced a very restrained pattern of witch-trials and just one execution for witchcraft between 1561 and 165…
Zeiten des Teufels: Teufelsvorstellungen und Geschichtszeit in frühreformatorischen Flugschriften (1520–1526)
This book is a revised version of Löhdefink’s 2015 Münster PhD thesis and appears here as volume 182 in the Mohr Siebeck Beiträge zur historischen Theologie series. It is an intensive study of pamphlets from the early years of the Reformation (1520–1526), when there was a dramatic increase in the number of such texts published, especially in German. Löhdefink makes two big arguments which contribute to two historiographies that are not usually se…
Father Confessors and Clerical Intervention in Witch-Trials in Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Germany: The Case of Rothenburg, 1692
In 1692 a woman named Barbara Ehness was awaiting execution for attempted murder by poison in the Lutheran imperial city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. She requested spiritual solace, and three Lutheran clerics duly visited her in gaol. As a result of their intervention, Barbara was, at first, persuaded to admit she was a witch, and that she had attended witches’ gatherings where she had seen several other (named) Rothenburg inhabitants. However, B…
Gender, Ungodly Parents and a Witch Family in Seventeenth-Century Germany
In the late spring of 1689, the peace of the Lutheran imperial city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber was disturbed by an 11-year-old boy called Hans Adam Knöspel, who claimed he had been taken to a witches’ sabbath by his mother on Walpurgis night (30 April), a night traditionally associated with the activity of witches. The Knöspels lived on Gallows Street (Galgengasse), a main thoroughfare running into the city centre from the Gallows Gate in the ci…
Witchcraft and Masculinities in Early Modern Europe
Men – as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed – are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading scholars of early modern European witchcraft. The
Superstition', Magic, and Clerical Polemic in Seventeenth-Century Germany
Collaborative Practice across Borders: Experiences of Australian Social Work Practice in East Timor, 2000–1
This article describes aspects of social work intervention by Australian practitioners in Timor Loro Sa'e (East Timor) in 2000–11. It draws on the author's experience there in 2000–1 and the role of an Australian government-funded community mental health service. East Timor is the world's newest nation and is in the process of rebuilding itself across all dimensions—physical, economic, political, social, environmental and personal. The author ref…
The Persecution of Witches and the Practice of Lordship ('Hexenverfolgung und Herrschaftspraxis') Wittlich, Germany, 11–13 October 2001
Journal Article The Persecution of Witches and the Practice of Lordship (‘Hexenverfolgung und Herrschaftspraxis’): Wittlich, Germany, 11-13 October 2001 Get access Alison Rowlands, Alison Rowlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rita Voltmer Rita Voltmer Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2002, Pages 221–224, https://doi.org/10…
Witchcraft and Old Women in Early Modern Germany
L'A. s'interesse a l'image stereotypee de la sorciere (femme d'âge mur ou avance, pauvre et celibataire) dans le sud de l'Allemagne a la fin du 17 eme siecle. Il exploite les documents d'un proces en sorcellerie intente en 1671 contre une femme de 36 ans. Il etudie successivement les facteurs suivants dans les accusations: âge, statut marital, statut social et economique, reputation. En conclusion, l'A. invite a se mefier des stereotypes et a tra…
Short notices
Amy Louise Erickson, Women and Property in Early Modern England (1993, paperback edn 1995), xiii + 306 (Routledge, London and New York, £14.99). Richard Grassby, The English Gentleman in Trade:The Life and Works of Sir Dudley North 1641–1691 (1994), xvii + 390 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, £45.00). Lisbeth Haas, Conquests and Historical Identities in California 1769–1936 (1995), xv + 279 (University of California Press, Berkeley, $35.00/£28.00). Cole…
Telling Witchcraft Stories: New Perspectives on Witchcraft and Witches in the Early Modern Period
Oedipus and the Devil. Witchcraft, Sexuality and Religion in Early Modern Europe
Oedipus and the Devil. Witchcraft, Sexuality and Religion in Early Modern Europe Get access Alison Rowlands Alison Rowlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 13, Issue 3, July 1995, Pages 398–399, https://doi.org/10.1093/gh/13.3.398 Published: 01 July 1995
Hexenverfolgung und Regionalgeschichte. Die Grafschaft Lippe im Vergleich
Journal Article Hexenverfolgung und Regionalgeschichte. Die Grafschaft Lippe im Vergleich Get access Alison Rowlands Alison Rowlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 13, Issue 3, July 1995, Pages 399–400, https://doi.org/10.1093/gh/13.3.399 Published: 01 July 1995
Change achieved, change thwarted: Religion and society in Reformation Europe
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To wear a virgin's wreath: Gender and problems of conformity in early modern Germany
Comparison of sexual behaviour and risk of HIV transmission of Scottish inmates, with or without a history of intravenous drug use
The sexual behaviour and intravenous drug use (IVDU) of a sample of 559 inmates (480 males and 79 females) was investigated. Sexual behaviour and IVDU prior to imprisonment, during imprisonment, and that expected after release, was assessed. Alterations in sexual behaviour as a means of HIV risk reduction was also assessed in relation to IVDU status. Prior to imprisonment most IVDUs and non-IVDUs engaged in unprotected intercourse. Sexual behavio…
Telling Witchcraft Stories: New Perspectives on Witchcraft and Witches in the Early Modern Period
The Witch-cleric Stereotype in a Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Context
This article enhances our understanding of the development and dynamism of early modern witch stereotypes by focusing on the stereotype of the witch-cleric, the Christian minister imagined by early modern people as working for the devil instead of God, baptizing people into witchcraft, working harmful magic and even officiating at witches’ gatherings. I show how this stereotype first developed in relation to Catholic clerics in demonology, print …
Gender, Ungodly Parents and a Witch Family in Seventeenth-Century Germany
In the late spring of 1689, the peace of the Lutheran imperial city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber was disturbed by an 11-year-old boy called Hans Adam Knöspel, who claimed he had been taken to a witches’ sabbath by his mother on Walpurgis night (30 April), a night traditionally associated with the activity of witches. The Knöspels lived on Gallows Street (Galgengasse), a main thoroughfare running into the city centre from the Gallows Gate in the ci…
To wear a virgin's wreath: Gender and problems of conformity in early modern Germany
Comparison of sexual behaviour and risk of HIV transmission of Scottish inmates, with or without a history of intravenous drug use
The sexual behaviour and intravenous drug use (IVDU) of a sample of 559 inmates (480 males and 79 females) was investigated. Sexual behaviour and IVDU prior to imprisonment, during imprisonment, and that expected after release, was assessed. Alterations in sexual behaviour as a means of HIV risk reduction was also assessed in relation to IVDU status. Prior to imprisonment most IVDUs and non-IVDUs engaged in unprotected intercourse. Sexual behavio…
To wear a virgin's wreath: Gender and problems of conformity in early modern Germany
Oedipus and the Devil. Witchcraft, Sexuality and Religion in Early Modern Europe
Oedipus and the Devil. Witchcraft, Sexuality and Religion in Early Modern Europe Get access Alison Rowlands Alison Rowlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 13, Issue 3, July 1995, Pages 398–399, https://doi.org/10.1093/gh/13.3.398 Published: 01 July 1995
Hexenverfolgung und Regionalgeschichte. Die Grafschaft Lippe im Vergleich
Journal Article Hexenverfolgung und Regionalgeschichte. Die Grafschaft Lippe im Vergleich Get access Alison Rowlands Alison Rowlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 13, Issue 3, July 1995, Pages 399–400, https://doi.org/10.1093/gh/13.3.399 Published: 01 July 1995
Change achieved, change thwarted: Religion and society in Reformation Europe
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Short notices
Amy Louise Erickson, Women and Property in Early Modern England (1993, paperback edn 1995), xiii + 306 (Routledge, London and New York, £14.99). Richard Grassby, The English Gentleman in Trade:The Life and Works of Sir Dudley North 1641–1691 (1994), xvii + 390 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, £45.00). Lisbeth Haas, Conquests and Historical Identities in California 1769–1936 (1995), xv + 279 (University of California Press, Berkeley, $35.00/£28.00). Cole…
Telling Witchcraft Stories: New Perspectives on Witchcraft and Witches in the Early Modern Period
Witchcraft and Old Women in Early Modern Germany
L'A. s'interesse a l'image stereotypee de la sorciere (femme d'âge mur ou avance, pauvre et celibataire) dans le sud de l'Allemagne a la fin du 17 eme siecle. Il exploite les documents d'un proces en sorcellerie intente en 1671 contre une femme de 36 ans. Il etudie successivement les facteurs suivants dans les accusations: âge, statut marital, statut social et economique, reputation. En conclusion, l'A. invite a se mefier des stereotypes et a tra…
The Persecution of Witches and the Practice of Lordship ('Hexenverfolgung und Herrschaftspraxis') Wittlich, Germany, 11–13 October 2001
Journal Article The Persecution of Witches and the Practice of Lordship (‘Hexenverfolgung und Herrschaftspraxis’): Wittlich, Germany, 11-13 October 2001 Get access Alison Rowlands, Alison Rowlands Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rita Voltmer Rita Voltmer Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar German History, Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2002, Pages 221–224, https://doi.org/10…
Collaborative Practice across Borders: Experiences of Australian Social Work Practice in East Timor, 2000–1
This article describes aspects of social work intervention by Australian practitioners in Timor Loro Sa'e (East Timor) in 2000–11. It draws on the author's experience there in 2000–1 and the role of an Australian government-funded community mental health service. East Timor is the world's newest nation and is in the process of rebuilding itself across all dimensions—physical, economic, political, social, environmental and personal. The author ref…
Superstition', Magic, and Clerical Polemic in Seventeenth-Century Germany
Witchcraft and Masculinities in Early Modern Europe
Men – as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed – are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading scholars of early modern European witchcraft. The
Father Confessors and Clerical Intervention in Witch-Trials in Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Germany: The Case of Rothenburg, 1692
In 1692 a woman named Barbara Ehness was awaiting execution for attempted murder by poison in the Lutheran imperial city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. She requested spiritual solace, and three Lutheran clerics duly visited her in gaol. As a result of their intervention, Barbara was, at first, persuaded to admit she was a witch, and that she had attended witches’ gatherings where she had seen several other (named) Rothenburg inhabitants. However, B…
Gender, Ungodly Parents and a Witch Family in Seventeenth-Century Germany
In the late spring of 1689, the peace of the Lutheran imperial city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber was disturbed by an 11-year-old boy called Hans Adam Knöspel, who claimed he had been taken to a witches’ sabbath by his mother on Walpurgis night (30 April), a night traditionally associated with the activity of witches. The Knöspels lived on Gallows Street (Galgengasse), a main thoroughfare running into the city centre from the Gallows Gate in the ci…
Witchcraft narratives in Germany: Rothenburg, 1561–1652
Given the widespread belief in witchcraft and the existence of laws against such practices, why did witch-trials fail to gain momentum and escalate into 'witch-crazes' in certain parts of early modern Europe? This book answers this question by examining the rich legal records of the German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a city which experienced a very restrained pattern of witch-trials and just one execution for witchcraft between 1561 and 165…
Zeiten des Teufels: Teufelsvorstellungen und Geschichtszeit in frühreformatorischen Flugschriften (1520–1526)
This book is a revised version of Löhdefink’s 2015 Münster PhD thesis and appears here as volume 182 in the Mohr Siebeck Beiträge zur historischen Theologie series. It is an intensive study of pamphlets from the early years of the Reformation (1520–1526), when there was a dramatic increase in the number of such texts published, especially in German. Löhdefink makes two big arguments which contribute to two historiographies that are not usually se…
Personalising screening of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy - qualitative evidence to inform effective implementation
Implementing variable-interval screening into clinical practice is generally acceptable to PWD and HCP with important caveats, and misconceptions must be addressed. Clear safeguards against increasing non-attendance, loss of diabetes control and alternative referral pathways are required. For risk calculation systems to be safe, reliable monitoring and clear communication is required
Imagining the Witch. Emotions, Gender, and Selfhood in Early Modern Germany
In this book, Laura Kounine uses a selection of witch-trials from early modern Germany in order to explore answers to the following important and intriguing questions: What account of themselves as individuals did people accused of witchcraft give to the authorities? How were these accounts contested by neighbours and court officials? And in what ways did gender matter to this process? Kounine’s context is Württemberg, the large Lutheran Duchy wh…
The Witch-cleric Stereotype in a Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Context
This article enhances our understanding of the development and dynamism of early modern witch stereotypes by focusing on the stereotype of the witch-cleric, the Christian minister imagined by early modern people as working for the devil instead of God, baptizing people into witchcraft, working harmful magic and even officiating at witches’ gatherings. I show how this stereotype first developed in relation to Catholic clerics in demonology, print …
The Devil’s Art: Divination and Discipline in Early Modern Germany, by Jason Philip Coy
Michael Wirth’s Kunstbüchlein: Books of Arts and Weapons Magic in a Sorcery Trial from Seventeenth-Century Germany
How did men and magical objects interact in the early modern period, and with what consequences? This article seeks to answer these questions through a close reading of the trial for sorcery of an urban artisan named Michael Wirth, who was accused in 1663 of murdering his neighbour by magical means. The article foregrounds the role that Wirth’s Kunstbüchlein (books of arts) played in his practice of magic (in his case, a type of weapons magic aim…
Men, Emotions and the Sickbed in a Sorcery Trial from Seventeenth-Century Germany
Some early modern Europeans believed that illness was caused by an act of harmful magic perpetrated against a sufferer by another person. This attribution of magical blame was not inevitable, however, although historians’ understanding of the social and emotional dynamics of the process by which illness might be linked to bewitchment remains patchy. This article deepens our understanding of this ‘witch-making’ process and how it was gendered thro…
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