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Bewitched and Bedeviled

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Although there has been a steady decline in looking to maleficium as a disease vector in England—the end of the witch trials signaled the end of a legal recognition of maleficium—there continues to be keen critical interest in phenomena that could have contributed to recorded cases of possession and bewitchment.

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Uszkalo, K.C. (2015). Contemporary Theories. In: Bewitched and Bedeviled. Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137498229_3

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