The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and DemonologyA full-scale compendium of fact, history and legend, from original sources, about witchcraft and demonology, covering demonic possession and exorcism. Illustrated. |
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Page 54
... Bodin died of the plague at his birthplace in 1596 , a proud Angevin . Of his dozen works , the most notorious is the Démonomanie , published first in French in 1580 , and in Latin [ De Magorum Daemonomania ] the following year ; it had ...
... Bodin died of the plague at his birthplace in 1596 , a proud Angevin . Of his dozen works , the most notorious is the Démonomanie , published first in French in 1580 , and in Latin [ De Magorum Daemonomania ] the following year ; it had ...
Page 55
... Bodin adds his arguture , for popular rumor is almost never misinformed . ments and examples to bolster the worst features of the witch persecutions initiated A person once accused should never in the Malleus Maleficarum and in so dobe ...
... Bodin adds his arguture , for popular rumor is almost never misinformed . ments and examples to bolster the worst features of the witch persecutions initiated A person once accused should never in the Malleus Maleficarum and in so dobe ...
Page 56
... Bodin did not cry out at this miscarriage of justice ; instead he rationalized : “ Not a mistake — it is better to ... Bodin's precept and prestige fostered . And such was the man whom Montaigne described as “ having far more judgment ...
... Bodin did not cry out at this miscarriage of justice ; instead he rationalized : “ Not a mistake — it is better to ... Bodin's precept and prestige fostered . And such was the man whom Montaigne described as “ having far more judgment ...
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