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Page 106
... questions 130 through 133 , the questions being in the left - hand column and Catherine Bücher's replies in the right . Another illustration shows part of the confession , made under torture , of Nicholaus Weitlufft in 1650 at Swabian ...
... questions 130 through 133 , the questions being in the left - hand column and Catherine Bücher's replies in the right . Another illustration shows part of the confession , made under torture , of Nicholaus Weitlufft in 1650 at Swabian ...
Page 107
... questions only in monosyllables or by nodding the head , probably under torture . Before her death , the accused had to sign the full confession which had been written out for her . At the burning , under the standard Ger- man code of ...
... questions only in monosyllables or by nodding the head , probably under torture . Before her death , the accused had to sign the full confession which had been written out for her . At the burning , under the standard Ger- man code of ...
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... question worthy Germany's consider- ation . " ( Question 51 ) Father Spee's an- swer constitutes a major document in the history of witchcraft ; the following con- densation is freely translated from the original Latin ( 1631 ) . QUESTION ...
... question worthy Germany's consider- ation . " ( Question 51 ) Father Spee's an- swer constitutes a major document in the history of witchcraft ; the following con- densation is freely translated from the original Latin ( 1631 ) . QUESTION ...
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