It’s just come to my attention that my friend Mar??a Tausiet will be presenting her latest book, Abracadabra Omnipotens: Magia urbana en Zaragoza en la Edad Moderna (Siglo XXI de Espa?±a Editores, 2007) on 8 June in Zaragoza.
Mar??a is one of the finest Spanish historians of religion, magic, and witchcraft around, and I’m sure that her new book will be a bestseller in Spain. If you are interested in reading some of her work in English, you might try her articles
- “Witchcraft as Metaphor: Infanticide and its Translations in Arag??n in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries,” in Stuart Clark, ed., Languages of Witchcraft. Narrative, Ideology and Meaning in Early Modern Culture (New York: St Martin’s Press, 2001), 179-195.
- “Patronage of Angels & Combat of Demons: Good versus Evil in 17th Century Spain,” in Peter Marshall & Alexandra Washam, eds., Angels in the Early Modern World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 233-255.
Now go out and buy Mar??a’s book!