The literature of witchcraft trials : books & manuscripts from the Jacob Burns Law Library /

The literature of witchcraft trials : books & manuscripts from the Jacob Burns Law Library /

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Author / Creator:Pagel, Scott B.
Imprint:Austin, Tex. : Jamail Center for Legal Research, the University of Texas at Austin, c2008.
Description:27 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Series:Legal history series / Tarlton Law Library ; no. 9
Legal history series ; no. 9.
Subject:
Trials (Witchcraft) -- History.
Trials (Witchcraft) -- History -- Sources.
Witchcraft -- Cross-cultural studies.
Witches -- Crimes against.
Trials (Witchcraft)
Witchcraft.
Europe.
Cross-cultural studies.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7239843
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Other authors / contributors:University of Texas at Austin. School of Law.
Tarlton Law Library.
ISBN:0935630724
9780935630725
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:Professor Pagel discusses the witchcraft craze that swept through Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. He uses specific examples of manuscripts and rare books to illustrate early writers' rationale for the witchcraft trials, the procedures used in courts, and the influence of church-state relations.

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