The magical world of Polish society based on selected diaries from the 16th to the 18th century

Abstract

The article presents elements of the magical world of imagination in Polish culture’s early modern period based on the selected memoirs. When selecting the source material were used division diaries sources developed by Władyslaw Czapliński. Therefore the study was based on featured by the investigator: appropriate diaries, war diaries and so-called longer diaries. Collected material was divided into five thematic groups. In each group were discussed separately picture of the magical world and a number of ideas contained in the notes associated with the figure of the witch, devil and presents information related to divination and magical practices, miracles and strange phenomena and witchcraft, superstition.