Bibliograph

Witchcraft in Europe, 1100-1700;, a documentary history., Edited, with an introd., by Alan C. Kors and Edward Peters

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Witchcraft in Europe, 1100-1700;, a documentary history., Edited, with an introd., by Alan C. Kors and Edward Peters

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Witchcraft in Europe, 1100-1700;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

328889

Responsibility statement

Edited, with an introd., by Alan C. Kors and Edward Peters

Series statement

Sources of medieval history

Sub title

a documentary history.

Summary

This text contains highlights from such influential texts as the Malleus Maleficarum, a first-person account of witch accusations and torture, and various edicts from witch-hating popes. In addition, the black and white photographs of statuary, woodcuts, and paintings are very helpful

Table Of Contents

Witchcraft in Christendom, 1100-1250 -- St. Thomas Aquinas and the nature of evil -- The papacy, the inquisition and the early witch-finders -- The hammer of witches -- The witch-persecutions of the sixteenth century -- Witchcraft in the seventeenth century -- Scepticism, doubt and disbelief in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

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