Eradicating the Devil's Minions : : Anabaptists and Witches in Reformation Europe, 1535-1600 / / Gary K. Waite.
As a religious sect, the Anabaptists were seen to practice unusual rituals and follow an eccentric set of beliefs. One story, for instance, purports that an Anabaptist prophet, claiming to have visited heaven, persuaded his followers to run naked through the streets of Amsterdam. Eradicating the Dev...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Maps
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Devil's Minions? Anabaptists, Magic, and Witches in the Sixteenth Century
- 2. Blackened Tongues and Miraculous Hosts: Anabaptists and Miracles in the Polemical Literature
- 3. Shamans and Soothsayers: The Persecution of Anabaptists and Witches in the Northern Netherlands
- 4. Rebaptism and the Devil: Anabaptists and Witches in the Southern Netherlands
- 5. The Devil's Sabbat: Nocturnal Anabaptist Meetings, Hailstorms, and Witchcraft in Southern Germany
- 6. Eliminating the Desecrators of Hosts: Anabaptists and Witches in the Austrian Tirol
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index