The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and DemonologyAn historical and human compendium, from original sources in the world's greatest libraries, describing the witches' sabbat and pact, incubi and succubi, eyewitness reports of trials, werewolves, and vampires, sexual relations with the devil, demoniacal possession and exorcism, poltergeists, barbarous tortures, and the theological and legal theories of inquisition, witchcraft and demonology. |
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Page 57
... forced together tightly , the bones and flesh of the legs would be severely lacerated and crushed . A graphic account of the use of the boots or " bootikins " in Scotland oc- curs in the trial of Dr. John Fian , the al- leged leader of ...
... forced together tightly , the bones and flesh of the legs would be severely lacerated and crushed . A graphic account of the use of the boots or " bootikins " in Scotland oc- curs in the trial of Dr. John Fian , the al- leged leader of ...
Page 194
... forced him to bring them back home . " The children that were nigh , by being brought home , " wrote George Sin- clair , who first reported the case , " no trouble followed , till one of his sons called Thomas that was farthest off came ...
... forced him to bring them back home . " The children that were nigh , by being brought home , " wrote George Sin- clair , who first reported the case , " no trouble followed , till one of his sons called Thomas that was farthest off came ...
Page 251
... forced to discontinue throwing trussed - up women into a pond to see if they sank ! But his other methods were countenanced , and confessions poured forth after starvation , prolonged sitting cross - legged on a stool , solitary confine ...
... forced to discontinue throwing trussed - up women into a pond to see if they sank ! But his other methods were countenanced , and confessions poured forth after starvation , prolonged sitting cross - legged on a stool , solitary confine ...
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