Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4: The Period of the Witch TrialsIntroduction / 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 | vii |
WITCH TRIALS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE 15601660 | 1 |
MONTGAILLARD 1643 | 3 |
FEATURES OF CONTINENTAL WITCH TRIALS | 6 |
WITCHCRAFT AND THE REFORMATIONS | 10 |
THREEQUARTERS GERMAN? EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS 15601660 | 12 |
A GERMAN SONDERWEG? | 16 |
WEYER AND WIESENSTEIG | 18 |
DEVELOPMENT OF THEOLOGY AND DEMONOLOGY | 72 |
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 | 22 |
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 | 40 |
WITCHCRAFT AND THE MEDITERRANEAN INQUISITIONS | 44 |
NEW AND OLD PATTERNS | 49 |
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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