AHA Session 45
Conference Group for Central European History 1
Conference Group for Central European History 1
Friday, January 7, 2011: 9:30 AM-11:30 AM
Dartmouth Room (Marriott Boston Copley Place)
Chair:
Serhii Plokhii, Harvard University
Papers:
Comment:
Steven A. Usitalo, Northern State University
Session Abstract
Esoteric magic infamously played a role in Central European and Russian court life and politics throughout the early modern period. A new generation of scholars is reexamining the intersection of mysticism and politics, attempting to reconsider the meaning and impact of the occult on political leaders, policies, economic development, and high culture.
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