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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... ture . The procedure of a witch trial , a crimen exceptum , an " exceptional crime , " was therefore accurately summarized in 1580 by Jean Bodin , as observed at the beginning of this Introduction : Wherefore it is that one accused of ...
... ture . The procedure of a witch trial , a crimen exceptum , an " exceptional crime , " was therefore accurately summarized in 1580 by Jean Bodin , as observed at the beginning of this Introduction : Wherefore it is that one accused of ...
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... ture , where a man ( maleficiatus ) could not perform copulation with just one woman . The Canon of the Church ( Gratian's Corpus Juris Canonici , about 1140 ) established four points : 1. Copulation can be prevented by mal- ice ...
... ture , where a man ( maleficiatus ) could not perform copulation with just one woman . The Canon of the Church ( Gratian's Corpus Juris Canonici , about 1140 ) established four points : 1. Copulation can be prevented by mal- ice ...
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... ture , but both were burned , Alison on De- cember 16 , 1596 . Another disgraceful episode was recorded in 1652 by the " English Commission for administration of justice , " which heard two fugitive witches from the Highlands relate how ...
... ture , but both were burned , Alison on De- cember 16 , 1596 . Another disgraceful episode was recorded in 1652 by the " English Commission for administration of justice , " which heard two fugitive witches from the Highlands relate how ...
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