Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway

Traces conceptual ideas of knowledge in Norway from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries Assesses how magic and medicine were viewed as practical and sacred in early modern Europe Utilises a wide range of early modern manuscripts from 1650 -1850, known as Black Books

Ane Ohrvik is Associate Professor in Cultural History at the University of Oslo, Norway. She has published widely on topics relating to magic and witchcraft, history of medicine, rituals, book history, and history of knowledge.

Chapter 1. Finding KnowledgeChapter 2. Knowledge CulturesChapter 3. Making KnowledgeChapter 4. Attributing KnowledgeChapter 5. Indentifying KnowledgeChapter 6. Situating KnowledgeChapter 7. Instructing KnowledgeChapter 8. Organising KnowledgeChapter 9: Conceptualising Knowledge