Vampires, Revenants, and Objects of Healing : Religious
Remedies in Eighteenth-Century Czech Lands

k 2023

Vampires, Revenants, and Objects of Healing : Religious Remedies in Eighteenth-Century Czech Lands

MALÝ, Tomáš and Monika ENENKLOVÁ

Basic information

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

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

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

GA22-04023S, research and development project

Name: Rituály úcty: Římské korunovace divotvorných obrazů jako prostředky kulturního přenosu ve středovýchodní Evropě (Acronym: The Rites of Reverence)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

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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MALÝ, Tomáš and Monika ENENKLOVÁ. Vampires, Revenants, and Objects of Healing : Religious Remedies in Eighteenth-Century Czech Lands. In \textit{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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