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Page 330
Jannet Reid, at the Orkney Islands trial in 1643, was condemned to be strangled
and burned to ashes for maleficia committed with the aid of Satan, making
retribution to man and God: "By your cursings and imprecation ye wrong both
man and ...
Jannet Reid, at the Orkney Islands trial in 1643, was condemned to be strangled
and burned to ashes for maleficia committed with the aid of Satan, making
retribution to man and God: "By your cursings and imprecation ye wrong both
man and ...
Page 331
The word maleficia was generally limited, however, to causing disease and
injuring property or animals (items 4 and 7). The Inquisitor Bernard de Como (
1510) decreed all diseases which a physician could neither, explain nor cure
were ...
The word maleficia was generally limited, however, to causing disease and
injuring property or animals (items 4 and 7). The Inquisitor Bernard de Como (
1510) decreed all diseases which a physician could neither, explain nor cure
were ...
Page 332
Guazzo described another common anecdote of maleficia, involving the damnum
minatum, the threat to work ill, and the ensuing evil, the malum secutum. A certain
woman, Apra Hoselotte — had a son in the service of Jean Hale- court, whom ...
Guazzo described another common anecdote of maleficia, involving the damnum
minatum, the threat to work ill, and the ensuing evil, the malum secutum. A certain
woman, Apra Hoselotte — had a son in the service of Jean Hale- court, whom ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The encyclopedia of witchcraft and demonology |
| Author | Rossell Hope Robbins |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Crown Publishers, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 571 pages |
| Subjects | › Body, Mind & Spirit / Witchcraft & Wicca Religion / Demonology & Satanism |
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