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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... later agreed that the " little snatchet " was there . church . She slipped and fell . Five days later she died . Second , the beggar , John Stewart , al- though under heavy guard and with his arms in fetters , contrived on the morning ...
... later agreed that the " little snatchet " was there . church . She slipped and fell . Five days later she died . Second , the beggar , John Stewart , al- though under heavy guard and with his arms in fetters , contrived on the morning ...
Page 95
... later claimed visions opposing the remarriage of Henry VIII ; many priests and gentlemen were implicated and confessed the trick . Before her ex- ecution , Elizabeth Barton confessed that " because the thing which I feigned was ...
... later claimed visions opposing the remarriage of Henry VIII ; many priests and gentlemen were implicated and confessed the trick . Before her ex- ecution , Elizabeth Barton confessed that " because the thing which I feigned was ...
Page 266
... later . In 1144 , Pope Lucius II was uncertain and uncon- cerned about the proper penalty for heresy . Yet only forty years later , in 1184 , Pope Lucius III created the earliest episcopal in- quisition and ordered bishops to make sys ...
... later . In 1144 , Pope Lucius II was uncertain and uncon- cerned about the proper penalty for heresy . Yet only forty years later , in 1184 , Pope Lucius III created the earliest episcopal in- quisition and ordered bishops to make sys ...
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