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This text looks at why witch-trials failed to escalate into ""witch-crazes"" in certain parts of early modern Europe. Using the legal records of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the book explores the social and psychological conflicts behind the making of accusations and confessions of...

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Acknowledgements --Map: Place of origin of the sixty-five people involved as accused, self-confessed or reputed witches in witch-trials in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709 --Introduction --1. 'An honourable man should not talk about that which he cannot prove': slander and speech about witchcraft --2. The devil's power to delude: elite beliefs about witchcraft and magic --3. 'One cannot ... hope to obtain the slightest certainty from him': the first child-witch in Rothenburg, 1587 --4. 'When will the burning start here?': the Catholic challenge during the Thirty Years' War --
5 Seduction, poison and magical theft: gender and contemporary fantasies of witchcraft6 'God will punish both poor and rich': the idioms and risks of defiance in the trial of Margaretha Horn, 1652; Conclusion; Appendix: trials for witchcraft in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709; Bibliography; Index
This text looks at why witch-trials failed to escalate into ""witch-crazes"" in certain parts of early modern Europe. Using the legal records of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the book explores the social and psychological conflicts behind the making of accusations and confessions of witchcraft.
Also available in print form.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
Description based on print record.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
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Acknowledgements --Map: Place of origin of the sixty-five people involved as accused, self-confessed or reputed witches in witch-trials in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709 --Introduction --1. 'An honourable man should not talk about that which he cannot prove': slander and speech about witchcraft --2. The devil's power to delude: elite beliefs about witchcraft and magic --3. 'One cannot ... hope to obtain the slightest certainty from him': the first child-witch in Rothenburg, 1587 --4. 'When will the burning start here?': the Catholic challenge during the Thirty Years' War --
5 Seduction, poison and magical theft: gender and contemporary fantasies of witchcraft6 'God will punish both poor and rich': the idioms and risks of defiance in the trial of Margaretha Horn, 1652; Conclusion; Appendix: trials for witchcraft in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709; Bibliography; Index
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contents Acknowledgements --Map: Place of origin of the sixty-five people involved as accused, self-confessed or reputed witches in witch-trials in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709 --Introduction --1. 'An honourable man should not talk about that which he cannot prove': slander and speech about witchcraft --2. The devil's power to delude: elite beliefs about witchcraft and magic --3. 'One cannot ... hope to obtain the slightest certainty from him': the first child-witch in Rothenburg, 1587 --4. 'When will the burning start here?': the Catholic challenge during the Thirty Years' War --
5 Seduction, poison and magical theft: gender and contemporary fantasies of witchcraft6 'God will punish both poor and rich': the idioms and risks of defiance in the trial of Margaretha Horn, 1652; Conclusion; Appendix: trials for witchcraft in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709; Bibliography; Index
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