Harry Potter and History

Name: Harry Potter and History
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ISBN: 9780470574720

ISBN-10: 0470574720

ISBN-13: 9780470574720

Edition: 2011

Authors: Nancy Reagin

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A guide to the history behind the world of Harry Potter just in time for the last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)Harry Potter lives in a world that is both magical and historical. Hogwarts pupils ride an old-fashioned steam train to school, notes are taken on parchment with quill pens, and Muggle legends come to life in the form of werewolves, witches, and magical spells. This book is the first to explore the real history in which Harry's world is rooted.Did you know that bezoars and mandrakes were fashionable luxury items for centuries? Find out how Europeans first developed the potions, spells, and charms taught at Hogwarts, from Avada Kedavra to love…

Book details

List price: $11.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 5/20/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments: Writing Magical History


Harry Potter's Timeline


Introduction: A Half-Blood World?




ï¿½The Burrow Is Just Outside Ottery St. Catchpoleï¿½: When Muggles and Wizards Lived Side by Side



Magic for Daily Use and Profit: Mandrakes, Charms, Bezoars, and Love Potions in the Muggle and Wizarding Worlds




Severus Snape and the Standard Book of Spells: Ancient Tongues in the Wizarding World




Beastly Books and Quick-Quills: Harry Potter and the Making of Medieval Manuscripts




Nicolas Flamel: The Alchemist Who Lived




Why the Statute of Secrecy? Real Historical Oppression of Witches and Wizards




After the Statute of Secrecy: Parallel Worlds



Was Voldemort a Nazi? Death Eater Ideology and National Socialism




ï¿½Magic is Mightï¿½: How the Wizarding Government Gained Its Power




Were the Malfoys Aristocrats? The Decline and Fall of the Pure-Blooded




School Ties, House Points, and Quidditch: Hogwarts as a British Boarding School




Of Marranos and Mudbloods: Harry Potter and the Spanish Inquisition




Women and Witches, Werewolves and Muggle-Borns: Magical Hierarchies



Witches vs. Women: What Muggles Could Learn from Wizarding History




Marx, Magic, and Muggles: Class Conflict in Harry Potter's World




Hairy Snout, Human Heart? Werewolves in Harry Potter's World and in European History



Hermione Raised Her Hand Again: Wizards Writing History



The Hogwarts Faculty


Index: Notable Magical Words of Our Time