MALÝ, Tomáš and Monika ENENKLOVÁ. Vampires, Revenants, and Objects of Healing : Religious Remedies in Eighteenth-Century Czech Lands. In SIEF 16th Congress : Living Uncertainty, Panel Ecclesiastical remedies for the uncertainties of everyday life – religious services offered by the lower clergy in past and present, Brno, Filozofická fakulta MU, 7-10 June 2023. 2023.
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Original name Vampires, Revenants, and Objects of Healing : Religious Remedies in Eighteenth-Century Czech Lands
Name in Czech Upíři, revenanti a prostředky léčení : Náboženské uzdravování v českých zemích 18. století
Authors MALÝ, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Monika ENENKLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition SIEF 16th Congress : Living Uncertainty, Panel Ecclesiastical remedies for the uncertainties of everyday life – religious services offered by the lower clergy in past and present, Brno, Filozofická fakulta MU, 7-10 June 2023, 2023.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60101 History
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/23:00134256
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech) Upíři; revenanti; náboženské rituály; zázračné uzdravování; 18. století
Keywords in English Vampires; revenants; religious rituals; miraculous healing; 18th century
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Abstract
The paper was focused on the religious forms of healing (of the soul and body) in the period before the middle of the 18th century, when there was a change of sensitivity towards this phenomenon. Using examples from the Czech lands, the authors examined three seemingly separate topics: cases of posthumous magic (vampirism), apparitions of the souls of the dead (revenants) and miraculous healings through images and other sacred objects. These topics are linked by the question of so-called spiritual medicine and its relevance in the 18th-century society. In all cases, interaction between church representatives - parish clergy, members of religious orders, officials of episcopal consistories - and, gradually, secular authorities played a crucial role. The authors show, among other things, the pivotal role of the lower clergy, who provided spiritual and material comfort in the local context, actively intervened in the investigations, or questioned witnesses. They often supported practices that were gradually perceived as problematic by both church and secular authorities. This paper presents the results of three research projects, namely on posthumous magic on the Moravian-Silesian border, revenants in the Czech lands in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the role of images in Central European culture in the 18th century.
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GA22-04023S, research and development projectName: Rituály úcty: Římské korunovace divotvorných obrazů jako prostředky kulturního přenosu ve středovýchodní Evropě (Acronym: The Rites of Reverence)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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