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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811849603321

Autore

Dillinger Johannes

Titolo

"Evil people" : a comparative study of witch hunts in Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier / / Johannes Dillinger ; translated by Laura Stokes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8139-2838-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Studies in early modern German history

Altri autori (Persone)

StokesLaura <1974->

Disciplina

133.4/309434313

Soggetti

Witchcraft - Germany - Swabia - History

Witch hunting - Germany - Swabia - History

Witchcraft - Germany - Trier - History

Witch hunting - Germany - Trier - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published in German as "Böse Leute." Hexenverfolgungen in Schwäbisch-Österreich und Kurtrier im Vergleich, c1999"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-289) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Comparing Witch Hunts -- Authority and Liberties for the Country and the People" Administration, Legal and Social Circumstances -- Golden Goblets and Cows' Hooves Witchcraft and Magic -- "If She Is Not a Witch Yet, She Will Certainly Become One" Origins and Foundations of Witchcraft Suspicions -- "There Goes the Werewolf. We Thought He Had Been Caught Already" Agents of Witch Hunting and the Management of Trials -- "Let No One Accuse Us of Negligence" The Influence of the Witch Hunts in Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier on Other Territories -- "A Slippery and Obscure Business" The End of the Witch Hunts.