Download or read book Leonarde s Ghost written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2008-04-24 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For seven weeks in late spring and early summer of 1628, a ghost haunted the modest dwelling of Huguette Roy and her husband in the small city of Dole in the Holy Roman Empire near the French border. Before and after giving birth to her third child, Huguette received visits twice daily from a young woman clothed in white who cleaned her house, eased her pains, and tended her newborn son. Only Huguette could see this apparition, and the haunting aroused curiosity and fear throughout her community. Soon after the spirit departed, a young man from Dole prepared a manuscript in colloquial French to recount Huguette’s experiences, the ghost’s demands, and the event’s orthodoxy. Translators Edwards and Sutch present this primary source in English to allow modern readers to view the spirituality, piety, and daily lives of ordinary people in early modern Europe. Transcription of the original French of Leonarde’s Ghost with editor’s notes in English, supplemental material [download pdf]

Download or read book Leonarde s Ghost written by Christophe Mercier and published by Truman State Univ Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huguette Roy is a bedridden, pregnant woman living in early modern Franche-Comté when a mysterious apparition arrives at her bedside in 1628. Not only afflicted by her physical ailments but also a deathly fear of demonic influences, Huguette is faced with weeks of daily appearances from the ethereal chambermaid visible solely to her eyes. Surrounded by a barrage of non-believers and questioning religious orders, Huguette must conquer her own uncertainty and help the mystical being achieve her fate. Set during a time when visionaries were forcefully prosecuted, the account was stored away in a small, French library. Now translators Edwards and Sutch introduce this primary source and place it in its historical, geographical, political, and religious contexts.

Download or read book Da Vinci s Ghost written by Toby Lester and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning author takes on the genesis of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. In this modest drawing, da Vinci attempted nothing less than to calibrate the harmonies of the universe and understand the central role man played in the cosmos. Lester brings Vitruvian Man to life, resurrecting the ghost of an unknown da Vinci.

Download or read book Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe A Reader written by Helen L. Parish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe brings together a rich selection of essays which represent the most important historical research on religion, magic and superstition in early modern Europe. Each essay makes a significant contribution to the history of magic and religion in its own right, while together they demonstrate how debates over the topic have evolved over time, providing invaluable intellectual, historical, and socio-political context for readers approaching the subject for the first time. The essays are organised around five key themes and areas of controversy. Part One tackles superstition; Part Two, the tension between miracles and magic; Part Three, ghosts and apparitions; Part Four, witchcraft and witch trials; and Part Five, the gradual disintegration of the 'magical universe' in the face of scientific, religious and practical opposition. Each part is prefaced by an introduction that provides an outline of the historiography and engages with recent scholarship and debate, setting the context for the essays that follow and providing a foundation for further study. This collection is an invaluable toolkit for students of early modern Europe, providing both a focused overview and a springboard for broader thinking about the underlying continuities and discontinuities that make the study of magic and superstition a perennially fascinating topic.

Download or read book A Short History of the Reformation written by Helen L. Parish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When, in October 1517, Martin Luther pinned his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg he shattered the foundations of western Christendom. The Reformation of doctrine and practice that followed Luther's seismic action, and protest against the sale of indulgences, fragmented the Church and overturned previously accepted certainties and priorities. But it did more, challenging the relationship between spiritual and secular authority, perceptions of the supernatural, the interpretation of the past, the role of women in society and church, and clerical attitudes towards marriage and sex. Drawing on the most recent historiography, Helen L Parish locates the Protestant Reformation in its many cultural, social and political contexts. She assesses the Reformers' impact on art and architecture; on notions of authority, scripture and tradition; and - reflecting on the extent to which the printing press helped spread Reformation ideas - on oral, print and written culture.

Download or read book Everyday Magic in Early Modern Europe written by Kathryn A. Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While pre-modern Europe is often seen as having an 'enchanted' or 'magical' worldview, the full implications of such labels remain inconsistently explored. Witchcraft, demonology, and debates over pious practices have provided the main avenues for treating those themes, but integrating them with other activities and ideas seen as forming an enchanted Europe has proven to be a much more difficult task. This collection offers one method of demystifying this world of everyday magic. Integrating case studies and more theoretical responses to the magical and preternatural, the authors here demonstrate that what we think of as extraordinary was often accepted as legitimate, if unusual, occurrences or practices. In their treatment of and attitudes towards spirit-assisted treasure-hunting, magical recipes, trials for sanctity, and visits by guardian angels, early modern Europeans showed more acceptance of and comfort with the extraordinary than modern scholars frequently acknowledge. Even witchcraft could be more pervasive and less threatening than many modern interpretations suggest. Magic was both mundane and mysterious in early modern Europe, and the witches who practiced it could in many ways be quite ordinary members of their communities. The vivid cases described in this volume should make the reader question how to distinguish the ordinary and extraordinary and the extent to which those terms need to be redefined for an early modern context. They should also make more immediate a world in which magic was an everyday occurrence.

Download or read book The Ghosts at Grantley written by Leonard Kip and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ghosts at Grantley" by Leonard Kip is a haunting tale that delves deep into the mysteries of the supernatural. Set against the backdrop of the enigmatic Grantley mansion, Kip's narrative captures the essence of a time when the boundaries between the living and the dead were blurred. This classic novel showcases Kip's ability to weave tales that are both chilling and thought-provoking.

Download or read book Ghost of Rosalys written by Charles Leonard Moore and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Curse of the Dartmoor Plantation written by Mark T. Leonard and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riding high on the success of Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper returns to Louisiana in 1971 to prepare for his next film, a murdermystery set at The Dartmoor Plantation, ¿America¿s most hauntedhouse.¿ He rents the infamous mansion and gathers together a strangecrew: an insane Academy Award winning actress and her sex kitten moviestar daughter, a popular and racist TV sitcom sheriff, a hard-edgedMississippi Delta blues singer, an ambitious gay screenwriter, aruthless French starlet, and a Voodoo Queen. Hopper stirs thisElectric-Kool-Aid-Agatha-Christie ghostly gumbo until the provoked spirits ofthe house exact their horrifying revenge for a hundred-year-oldmurder.

Download or read book Spectralities in the Renaissance written by Caroline Callard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Speaking Spirits written by Sherry Roush and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Speaking Spirits, Sherry Roush presents the first systematic study of early modern Italian eidolopoeia.

Download or read book The Ghost That Died at Sunda Strait written by Walter G. Winslow and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounting the last stand of the heavy cruiser Houston, this tale of survival brings to life the 1942 battle at Sunda Strait.

Download or read book Ruby and Nessa Ghost Hunters 4 Short Stories written by Gillian Larkin and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 4 short ghost storiesA Ghost In The StoreRuby Laurel is a ghost hunter. She locates ghosts who are haunting places - or people.In this first story, Ruby is called upon to investigate a haunting in a supermarket. She soon discovers the ghost of a young woman called Mary Jackson. How is Mary connected to the supermarket? And why is she haunting it?Ruby's investigation is made more difficult by the arrival of her troublesome younger sister, Nessa. Will Nessa help, or hinder, the investigation?A Ghost In The PubIn this second story, Ruby and Nessa are asked to check out a nasty smell in a pub. They soon discover the ghost of an evil man who is determined to scare them away. According to local sources, the man is a local character called Shifty Sid Simmons who was always on the wrong side of the law. Shifty Sid hasn't been seen for decades. Why is he suddenly haunting The Red Lion pub?A Ghost In The GardenRuby and Nessa are called in to investigate a haunting in an apartment building. They soon discover the building used to be a school. Something tragic happened years ago to one of the pupils, and the child's ghost now haunts the apartment.The Laurel sisters are determined to help the ghost; but as they do so, they are in for a shock.A Ghost In The ChurchReverend Goodwin calls the sisters in to deal with a ghost in his church. The ghost is affecting a particular group of men. The disturbances began three weeks ago when a local man, Leonard Bradley, was laid to rest.Ruby and Nessa suspect Leonard's ghost is haunting the church and begin their investigations. But their investigations take an unexpected turn.

Download or read book Christmas After Dark 36 Holiday Ghost Stories Supernatural Thrillers written by Charles Dickens and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-17 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who would ever say no to the master story tellers when they have to offer their darkest tingling Christmas mysteries and horror tales as a holiday present: The Silver Hatchet (Arthur Conan Doyle) What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki) Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James) The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne) The Ghost's Touch (Fergus Hume) Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip) A Terrible Christmas Eve (Lucie E. Jackson) Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) The Ghost: A Christmas Story (William Douglas O'Connor) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa (John Kendrick Bangs) The Abbot's Ghost; or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (Louisa M. Alcott) Old Applejoy's Ghost (Frank R. Stockton) Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen) The Christmas-Eve Vigil (James Bowker) Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome) The Box with the Iron Clamps (Florence Marryat) Joseph: A Story (Katherine Rickford) The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (Charles Dickens) The Ghost of Christmas Eve (J. M. Barrie) The Dead Sexton (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu) Uncle Cornelius His Story (George MacDonald) The Grave by the Handpost (Thomas Hardy) Number Ninety (Bithia Mary Croker) At Chrighton Abbey (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) The Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step (Catherine L. Pirkis) Between the Lights (E. F. Benson) Transition (Algernon Blackwood) The Kit-Bag (Algernon Blackwood)

Download or read book Spooky Christmas 30 Supernatural Eerie Tales written by Charles Dickens and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-27 with total page 925 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited collection of Christmas mysteries is bound to satisfy the cravings for a spooky and eerie Christmas for the aficionados of the horror and supernatural fiction. Until then, stay safe! The Silver Hatchet (Arthur Conan Doyle) What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki) Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James) The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne) The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) The Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Ghost's Touch (Fergus Hume) Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip) A Terrible Christmas Eve (Lucie E. Jackson) Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) The Ghost: A Christmas Story (William Douglas O'Connor) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa (John Kendrick Bangs) The Abbot's Ghost; or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (Louisa M. Alcott) Old Applejoy's Ghost (Frank R. Stockton) Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen) The Christmas-Eve Vigil (James Bowker) Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome) The Box with the Iron Clamps (Florence Marryat) Joseph: A Story (Katherine Rickford) The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (Charles Dickens) The Ghost of Christmas Eve (J. M. Barrie) The Dead Sexton (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu) Uncle Cornelius His Story (George MacDonald) The Grave by the Handpost (Thomas Hardy) Number Ninety (Bithia Mary Croker) At Chrighton Abbey (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step (Catherine L. Pirkis) Between the Lights (E. F. Benson)

Download or read book Ghostwriting written by John Herdman and published by Leamington Books. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delicious study in paranoia from the master of the modern Scottish Gothic. Ghost-writer Leonard Balmain finds himself drawn into an unwanted complicity with the dark revelations unfolding within that of his subject ― the mysterious Torquil Tod. When Tod's tale turns into murder and sexual betrayal, Leonard realises he knows too much and is in danger of ending up on the very pages of Tod's turbulent history. Black magic, sacrificial murder and cannibalism collide in an uneasy voyage towards, and from beyond, the grave. "A dark, cautionary tale, utterly compelling and charged with Herdman's unwavering sense of irony and his sharp satirical bite." Brian McCabe, The Scotsman. "A story of deception and betrayal, of obsession and confused identities, but more importantly it is Herdman's best novel." Carl MacDougall, The Herald Black magic, sacrificial murder and cannibalism collide in an uneasy voyage towards, and from beyond, the grave. Brian McCabe, The Scotsman . "A powerful evocation of the uncanny psychological bonding between ghost biographer Leonard Balmain and his elusive and sinister subject, Torquil Tod..... Herdman captures very clearly the tone of the dramatic monologues of Hogg and Stevenson, while managing to maintain a contemporary resonance." Douglas Gifford, Books in Scotland "Hogg's and Stevenson's manic private memorists meet the postmodernist theories they anticipated. Cleverly, Ghostwriting investigates the paradoxes of narrative itself ... The novel wears its intellectual sophistication lightly." Gavin Wallace, Chapman

Download or read book Dark Christmas Collection 30 Supernatural Thrillers Mysteries Ghost Stories written by Charles Dickens and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-10 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Press presents to you a meticulously edited Christmas Mysteries collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: The Silver Hatchet (Arthur Conan Doyle) What the Shepherd Saw: A Tale of Four Moonlight Nights (Thomas Hardy) Markheim (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Wolves of Cernogratz (Saki) Mustapha (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (M.R. James) The Christmas Banquet (Nathaniel Hawthorne) The Ghost's Touch (Fergus Hume) Glámr (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Ghosts at Grantley (Leonard Kip) A Terrible Christmas Eve (Lucie E. Jackson) Ghosts and Family Legends (Catherine Crowe) The Ghost: A Christmas Story (William Douglas O'Connor) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa (John Kendrick Bangs) The Abbot's Ghost; or Maurice Treherne's Temptation (Louisa M. Alcott) Old Applejoy's Ghost (Frank R. Stockton) Wolverden Tower (Grant Allen) The Christmas-Eve Vigil (James Bowker) Told After Supper (Jerome K. Jerome) The Box with the Iron Clamps (Florence Marryat) Joseph: A Story (Katherine Rickford) The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton (Charles Dickens) The Ghost of Christmas Eve (J. M. Barrie) The Dead Sexton (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu) Uncle Cornelius His Story (George MacDonald) The Grave by the Handpost (Thomas Hardy) Number Ninety (Bithia Mary Croker) At Chrighton Abbey (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) The Haunted Man (Charles Dickens) Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions (Charles Dickens) The Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step (Catherine L. Pirkis) Between the Lights (E. F. Benson) Transition (Algernon Blackwood) The Kit-Bag (Algernon Blackwood)