Gödelmann’s Faustus (1591). Concerning the Fluidity of the Early Transmission of the Adventures of Faustus in Germany

This article is the first to treat systematically the brief, contemporary references to the Fauststoff in the treatise De magis, veneficis et lamiis (1591) by Johann Georg Gödelmann, best known as a witchcraft theorist. He treats Johann Faustus as a “praedestigiator”, a black magician and trickster...

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Main Author: William C. McDonald
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2016-10-01
Series:Studia theodisca
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/StudiaTheodisca/article/view/7544