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... believed and reported this was the occasion of mak- ing them confess that [ which ] they never did . " For northern France , the trial of Thomas Looten in 1659 provides a detailed account of the typical means to extort a confession ...
... believed and reported this was the occasion of mak- ing them confess that [ which ] they never did . " For northern France , the trial of Thomas Looten in 1659 provides a detailed account of the typical means to extort a confession ...
Page 282
... believed in Agnes Sampson when she told him what he said to his bride on their wedding night , so in 1429 Charles VII of France believed in Joan of Arc when she repeated his personal daily prayer to God . But a superstitious king is a ...
... believed in Agnes Sampson when she told him what he said to his bride on their wedding night , so in 1429 Charles VII of France believed in Joan of Arc when she repeated his personal daily prayer to God . But a superstitious king is a ...
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... believed . They ex- plained the apparent contradiction by the devil's impersonating the body of the woman lying in bed , while the real woman attended the sabbat . Those authorities who retreated to the position that the woman just ...
... believed . They ex- plained the apparent contradiction by the devil's impersonating the body of the woman lying in bed , while the real woman attended the sabbat . Those authorities who retreated to the position that the woman just ...
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