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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... punish witches . The compilation some- what resembled the guides issued by officers of the Inquisition , such as ... punished by flogging , ex- ile , or fines . Children under seven were ex- empt from punishment ; over fourteen they ...
... punish witches . The compilation some- what resembled the guides issued by officers of the Inquisition , such as ... punished by flogging , ex- ile , or fines . Children under seven were ex- empt from punishment ; over fourteen they ...
Page 319
... punished according to the gravity of their offense . Article 3 . If , after publication of this edict , evil- minded persons augment and compound superstition with impiety and sacrilege , under pretext of working fancied acts of magic ...
... punished according to the gravity of their offense . Article 3 . If , after publication of this edict , evil- minded persons augment and compound superstition with impiety and sacrilege , under pretext of working fancied acts of magic ...
Page 475
... punished quite differently by dif ferent tribunals . Individual inquisitors worked under the strict observance of the Suprema , the supreme policy - making body of the Spanish Inquisition , which as late as 1568 reproved an inquisitor ...
... punished quite differently by dif ferent tribunals . Individual inquisitors worked under the strict observance of the Suprema , the supreme policy - making body of the Spanish Inquisition , which as late as 1568 reproved an inquisitor ...
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accomplices accused Ann Putnam believed bewitching Bishop blood Bodin body burned alive Canon Episcopi Catholic cause century charged charms child Christian Church condemned confessed convicted Cotton Mather court craft crime daughter death delusion demonologists demons devil devil's marks Elizabeth England English evidence evil example execution exorcism familiar spirit Father gave girl Grandier Guazzo guilty hand hanged heard heresy heretics holy husband incubus indicted innocent Inquisition inquisitors Isobel Johann Johannes Junius John judges killed King Lancre later lycanthropy Madeleine magic maleficia Malleus Maleficarum Margaret Mary Matthew Hopkins ment mother never night nuns ointment pact Parlement persecution persons poltergeist possession priest prisoner punished Reginald Scot Remy sabbat Salem Samuel Satan sentence Sister sorcery spectral evidence spirits squassation story strappado succubus suspected things Thomas tion told torture Wesley wife witch trials witchcraft witnesses woman women wrote young