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., author.
Imprint:Austin, Tex. : Jamail Center for Legal Research, the University of Texas at Austin, [2008]
[Buffalo, New York] : William S. Hein & Co., [between 2009 and 2013]
Description:1 online resource (27 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Tarlton Law Library legal history series ; no. 9
HeinOnline Spinelli's law library reference shelf
HeinOnline religion and the law
HeinOnline world trials
Legal history series ; no. 9.
Spinelli's law library reference shelf.
Religion and the law.
World trials library.
Subject:
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Europe -- History.
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Europe -- Sources.
Witchcraft -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies.
Witches -- Crimes against -- Europe.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9121782
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Other authors / contributors:Jamail Center for Legal Research, issuing body.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
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.
Other form:Original 9780935630725

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