Witch beliefs and witch trials in the Middle Ages : documents and readings /

Witch beliefs and witch trials in the Middle Ages : documents and readings /

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Author / Creator:Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.
Imprint:London ; New York : Continuum, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Witchcraft -- Europe -- History.
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Trials (Witchcraft)
Witchcraft.
Europe.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11101522
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ISBN:9781441128058
1441128050
9781472599346
1472599349
9781441183552
1441183558
1441149651
9781441149657
9781441109804
1441109803
9781441149657
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index.
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Summary:This title features new translations of primary documents of a crucial period in the development of attitudes to witchcraft. In 1901, a rich collection of extracts from documents relating to witch beliefs and witch trials in the Middle Ages - Hexenwahns und der Hexenverfolgung in Mittelalter - was published. Most of the original documents are in Latin, with some in medieval German and French, and it has been left largely untranslated, making the material inaccessible, and neglected. This new translation of the key documents will enable students and scholars to look afresh at this crucial period in the development of attitudes towards witchcraft. Through the translated extracts we can see the beliefs and activities which had been formally condemned by ecclesiastical and secular authorities, but which had not yet become subject to widespread eradicating pogroms, start to be allied with heresy and with changing conceptions of demonic activity. The extensive introductory essay gives the reader the historical, theological, intellectual and social background and contexts of the translated documents. The translations themselves will all have introductory notes. This volume will contribute significantly to our understanding of the witchcraft phenomenon in the Middle Ages.
Other form:Print version: Maxwell-Stuart, P.G. Witch beliefs and witch trials in the Middle Ages. London : Continuum, ©2011 9781441109804

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