the writings of Willem de Blécourt

Articles

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The titles listed below are those that can directly be found on this website in the form of a PDF; for others a link is inserted on the thematic pages. It will take a while before I have scanned and uploaded the rest.

Are werewolf films xenophobic and misogynistic? Notes on Bryan Senn, The Werewolf Filmography: 300+ Movies Willem de Blécourt 2017, BNN Newsletter, April

The Differentiated Werewolf An Introduction to Cluster Methodology Willem de Blécourt 2015, in: Willem de Blécourt (ed.), Werewolf Histories. London, Palgrave: 1-24

“Keep That Woman Out!” Notions of Space in Twentieth-Century Flemish Witchcraft Discourse Willem de Blécourt 2013, History and Theory 52: 361-379.

Toverij in de krant Friesland, 1860-1910 Willem de Blécourt 2013, Historisch tijdschrift Fryslân 19.1: 16-18.

Sabbath Stories Towards a New History of Witches' Assemblies Willem de Blécourt 2013, in: Brian P. Levack (ed.), Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America. Oxford, Oxford University Press: 84-100..

The Problem of Belief Narratives A very short introduction Willem de Blécourt 2012, ISFNR Newsletter 6: 36-37.

Belief Narratives and Genre Willem de Blécourt 2012, in: Zoja Karanović (ed.), Belief Narrative Genres. Novi Sad: 9-10

Animal Shapeshifting: Between Literature and Everyday Life. An Introduction Willem de Blécourt 2011, in: Willem de Blécourt & Christa Agnes Tuczay (eds), Tierverwandlungen. Codierungen und Diskurse. Tübingen, Francke Verlag: 7-11.

Witchcraft — Discourse and Disappearance Württemberg and the Dutch Documentation Willem de Blécourt 2010, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft 5: 103-107

Fairy Grandmothers Images of Storytelling Events in Nineteenth-Century Germany Willem de Blécourt 2010, Relief 4 (2): 174-197

The Werewolf, the Witch, and the Warlock Aspects of Gender in the Early Modern Period Willem de Blécourt 2009, in: Alison Rowlands (ed.), Witchcraft and Masculinities in Early Modern Europe. Basingstoke, Palgrave: 191-213.

The Return of the Sabbat Mental Archaeologies, Conjectural Histories or Political Mythologies? Willem de Blécourt 2007, in: Jonathan Barry & Owen Davies (eds), Witchcraft Historiography. Basingstoke, Palgrave/MacMillan: 125-145

`Evil people’ a late eighteenth-century Dutch witch doctor and his clients Willem de Blécourt 2004, in: Owen Davies & Willem de Blécourt (eds), Beyond the Witch Trials: Witchcraft and magic in Enlightenment Europe. Manchester/New York, MUP: 144-166.

Boiling chickens and burning cats Witchcraft in the western Netherlands, 1850-1925 Willem de Blécourt 2004, in: Willem de Blécourt & Owen Davies (eds), Witchcraft continued: popular magic in modern Europe. Manchester/New York, MUP: 89-106.

De macht van de vrouwelijke hand De feminisering vann het magnetisme rond 1900 Willem de Blécourt 2001, De negentiende eeuw 25: 147-160.

Prosecution and Popularity the Case of the Dutch Sequah, 1891-1893 Willem de Blécourt 2000, in: John Woodward & Robert Jütte (eds), Coping with Sickness. Medicine, Law and Human Rights --Historical Perspectives. Sheffield: 75-89.

The Making of the Female Witch Reflections on Witchcraft and Gender in the Early Modern Period Willem de Blécourt 2000, Gender & History 12: 287-309.

Cultures of Abortion in The Hague in the Early Twentieth Century Willem de Blécourt 1999, in: Franz X. Eder, Lesley A. Hall & Gert Hekma (eds), Sexual Cultures in Europe. Themes in Sexuality. Manchester & New York: Manchester University Press: 195-212.

Women’s Medicine, Women’s Culture Abortion and Fortune-Telling in early Twentieth-Century Germany and the Netherlands Willem de Blécourt & Cornelie Usborne 1999, Medical History 43: 376-392.

Time and the Anthropologist or the psychometry of historiography Willem de Blécourt 1996, Focaal 26/27: 17-24.

Mangels Beweisen über das Ende der Verfolgung von Zauberinnen in Niederländisch und Spanisch Geldern 1590-1640 Willem de Blécourt 1995, in: Sönke Lorenz & Dieter R. Bauer (Hrg.), Das Ende der Hexenverfolgung. Stuttgart, Steiner Verlag: 77-95.

Katten, cultuur en context Darntons Grote Kattenslachting opnieuw beschouwd Willem de Blécourt 1994, Feit & Fictie 1.4: 101-113

Witch doctors, soothsayers and priests On Cunning Folk in European Historiography and Tradition Willem de Blécourt 1994, Social History 19: 285-303

Four Centuries of Frisian Witch Doctors Willem de Blécourt 1991, in: Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra & Willem Frijhoff (eds), Witchcraft in the Netherlands. Rijswijk: Rotterdam University Press: 157-166.

Tovermeesters in Nijmegen? Willem de Blécourt 1989, Volkscultuur; tijdschrift over tradities en tijdsverschijnselen 6.3: 37-50.

Een duivelbanner in Wolvega? Willem de Blécourt 1988, Volkscultuur; tijdschrift over tradities en tijdsverschijnselen 5.3: 30-39.

Wetenschap en popularisatie de Nederlandse volkskundige tradities over duivekaters en steffenen Willem de Blécourt 1985, Volkscultuur; tijdschrift over tradities en tijdsverschijnselen 2.1-2: 37-70.