"Evil People" : A Comparative Study of Witch Hunts in Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier.
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- 9780813928388
- 133.4/309434313
- BF1583.D5513 2009
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Comparing Witch Hunts -- 1. "Authority and Liberties for the Country and the People" Administration, Legal and Social Circumstances -- 2. Golden Goblets and Cows' Hooves Witchcraft and Magic -- 3. "If She Is Not a Witch Yet, She Will Certainly Become One" Origins and Foundations of Witchcraft Suspicions -- 4. "There Goes the Werewolf. We Thought He Had Been Caught Already" Agents of Witch Hunting and the Management of Trials -- 5. "Let No One Accuse Us of Negligence" The Influence of the Witch Hunts in Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier on Other Territories -- 6. "A Slippery and Obscure Business" The End of the Witch Hunts -- Conclusion -- Appendix Chronology and Quantitative Analysis of the Persecutions -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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