Johann Wier : : Debating the Devil and Witches in Early Modern Europe / / Michaela Valente.
This book deals with a fascinating and original claim in 16th-century Europe. Witches should be cured, not executed. It was the physician and scholar Johann Wier (1515-1588) who challenged the dominant idea. For his defense of witches, more than three centuries later, Sigmund Freud chose to put Wier...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Renaissance History, Art and Culture ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. History and historiography
- 2. Wier’s early years and apprenticeship (1515–1557)
- 3. Inside the labyrinth of spells
- 4. Between magic and science
- 5. Vince te ipsum
- 6. Demons, sorcerers, and witches
- 7. Scepticism and toleration
- 8. Reading and refuting Wier
- Conclusion
- Bibliography (primary sources)
- Bibliography (secondary sources)
- Index