Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4: The Period of the Witch Trials

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University of Pennsylvania Press, Dec 23, 2002 - History - 193 pages
Introduction / Bengt Ankarloo and Stuart Clark -- pt. 1. Witch trials in continental Europe, 1560-1660 / William Monter -- Montgaillard, 1643 -- Features of continental witch trials -- Witchcraft and the Reformations -- Three-quarters German? European witch trials 1560-1660 -- A German Sonderweg? -- 1563: Weyer and Wiesensteig -- Germany's "superhunts" (1586-1639) -- A Bavarian Sonderweg? -- Confessionalism and appellate justice in the empire -- The 'Lotharingian corridor' and Francophone witch-hunts -- Witch-hunting in the kingdom of France -- Witchcraft and the Mediterranean inquisitions -- Witch-hunting after 1650: new and old patterns -- pt. 2. Witch trials in northern Europe, 1450-1700 / Bengt Ankarloo -- The rise of government and the judicial revolution: accusatorial versus inquisitorial regimes -- Consolidation of patriarchal social relations -- Development of theology and demonology -- Social tensions on the local level -- The sixteenth century: from sorcery to witchcraft -- Witchcraft by regions -- pt. 3. Witchcraft and magic in early modern culture / Stuart Clark -- Popular magic -- Magic at work -- The meaning of magic -- Maleficium and magic -- Religious reformation and popular magic -- Demonology -- The literature of witchcraft -- Witchcraft and intellectual history -- The politics of witchcraft belief -- Languages of witchcraft -- Intellectual magic -- The greatest profoundness of natural philosophie -- Intellectual magic and the scientific revolution -- Natural magic and demonic magic -- Magic and politics.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
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WITCH TRIALS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE 15601660
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MONTGAILLARD 1643
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FEATURES OF CONTINENTAL WITCH TRIALS
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WITCHCRAFT AND THE REFORMATIONS
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THREEQUARTERS GERMAN? EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS 15601660
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A GERMAN SONDERWEG?
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WEYER AND WIESENSTEIG
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DEVELOPMENT OF THEOLOGY AND DEMONOLOGY
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SOCIAL TENSIONS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL
73
FROM SORCERY TO WITCHCRAFT
75
WITCHCRAFT BY REGIONS
76
CONCLUSION
93
WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC IN EARLY MODERN CULTURE
97
POPULAR MAGIC
99
THE MEANING OF MAGIC
105

GERMANYS SUPERHUNTS 15861639
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A BAVARIAN SONDERWEG?
29
CONFESSIONALISM AND APPELLATE JUSTICE IN THE EMPIRE
31
THE LOTHARINGIAN CORRIDOR AND FRANCOPHONE WITCHHUNTS
34
WITCHHUNTING IN THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE
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WITCHCRAFT AND THE MEDITERRANEAN INQUISITIONS
44
NEW AND OLD PATTERNS
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WITCH TRIALS IN NORTHERN EUROPE 14501700
53
INTRODUCTION
55
ACCUSATORIAL VERSUS INQUISITORIAL REGIMES
63
CONSOLIDATION OF PATRIARCHAL SOCIAL RELATIONS
70
MALEFICIUM AND MAGIC
112
RELIGIOUS REFORMATION AND POPULAR MAGIC
116
DEMONOLOGY
122
WITCHCRAFT AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
132
THE POLITICS OF WITCHCRAFT BELIEF
137
LANGUAGES OF WITCHCRAFT
143
INTELLECTUAL MAGIC
147
INTELLECTUAL MAGIC AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
154
NATURAL MAGIC AND DEMONIC MAGIC
158
MAGIC AND POLITICS
165
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