| dc.contributor.author | Davies, Owen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-17T00:03:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-17T00:03:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-10-25 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Davies , O 2018 , A Supernatural War : Magic, Divination and Faith during the First World War . Oxford University Press (OUP) . < https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-supernatural-war-9780198794554 > | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9780198794554 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/21768 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A comprehensive study of the major revival of supernatural beliefs, superstition, and spiritualism during the First World War and its aftermath. A look at what the beliefs, practices, and contemporary opinions on magic can tell us about broader issues in early twentieth-century society, the experience of war, and the psychology of belief. Relates how the prophecies of Nostradamus were used as propaganda by both sides, a diverse range of talismans and charms were carried by soldiers, and the myriad tales of battlefield ghosts came to be. Includes previously unpublished accounts from soldiers and fortune-tellers on their faith and practices, for a remarkable insight into the nature of popular belief. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 304 | |
| dc.format.extent | 1104735 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) | |
| dc.title | A Supernatural War : Magic, Divination and Faith during the First World War | en |
| dc.contributor.institution | School of Humanities | |
| dc.contributor.institution | History | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Regional and Local History | |
| dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2020-10-25 | |
| dc.identifier.url | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-supernatural-war-9780198794554 | |
| rioxxterms.type | Book | |
| herts.preservation.rarelyaccessed | true | |
