Witchcraft in Europe and the New World, 1400-1800 /

Witchcraft in Europe and the New World, 1400-1800 /

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Author / Creator:Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.
Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
Description:viii, 119 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Witchcraft -- Europe -- History.
Witchcraft -- America -- History.
Witchcraft.
America.
Europe.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4465907
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ISBN:0333764641 (cloth)
033376465X (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-117) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • Preface
  • 1. Themes and Definitions
  • Preliminary remarks
  • Literary models
  • Learned categories of magic
  • Witchcraft
  • Concluding remarks
  • 2. Late Mediaeval Attitudes to Witchcraft
  • Miracles and marvels
  • Signs of the times
  • Witchcraft and heresy
  • Witches and the law
  • Concluding remarks
  • 3. Two Influential Witchcraft Treatises
  • Preliminary remarks
  • Heinrich Institoris
  • Ulrich Molitor
  • Concluding remarks
  • 4. The Effects of the Early Reformation
  • Preliminary remarks
  • Luther
  • Calvin
  • James VI of Scotland
  • Concluding remarks
  • 5. A Widespread Intent to Prosecute
  • Preliminary remarks
  • Uprooting Satan's troops
  • Motives for prosecution
  • Women
  • Men
  • Children
  • Cunning Folk
  • Acquittals
  • The Inquisition
  • Concluding remarks
  • 6. Witches in the North and East
  • Scandinavia
  • Iceland
  • Russia
  • Hungary and Poland
  • 7. Witches in the New World
  • The dwelling-place of Satan
  • New England
  • Canada
  • 8. The Decline in Prosecutions
  • 'Scepticism'
  • Changes in educated belief
  • Changes in judicial procedure
  • Concluding remarks
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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