Witchcraft narratives in Germany [[electronic resource] ] : Rothenburg 1561-1652 / / Alison Rowlands
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| Autore: |
Rowlands Alison
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| Titolo: |
Witchcraft narratives in Germany [[electronic resource] ] : Rothenburg 1561-1652 / / Alison Rowlands
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester, UK ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
| New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 pages) : 1 map; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 133.4/3/094332 |
| Soggetto topico: | Witchcraft - Germany - Rothenburg ob der Tauber - History - 16th century |
| Witchcraft - Germany - Rothenburg ob der Tauber - History - 17th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238 and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Acknowledgements --Map: Place of origin of the sixty-five people involved as accused, self-confessed or reputed witches in witch-trials in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709 --Introduction --1. 'An honourable man should not talk about that which he cannot prove': slander and speech about witchcraft --2. The devil's power to delude: elite beliefs about witchcraft and magic --3. 'One cannot ... hope to obtain the slightest certainty from him': the first child-witch in Rothenburg, 1587 --4. 'When will the burning start here?': the Catholic challenge during the Thirty Years' War -- |
| 5 Seduction, poison and magical theft: gender and contemporary fantasies of witchcraft6 'God will punish both poor and rich': the idioms and risks of defiance in the trial of Margaretha Horn, 1652; Conclusion; Appendix: trials for witchcraft in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This text looks at why witch-trials failed to escalate into ""witch-crazes"" in certain parts of early modern Europe. Using the legal records of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the book explores the social and psychological conflicts behind the making of accusations and confessions of witchcraft. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Witchcraft narratives in Germany |
| ISBN: | 1-5261-3798-4 |
| 1-78170-016-8 | |
| 1-280-73387-X | |
| 9786610733873 | |
| 1-84779-024-0 | |
| 1-4175-7637-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996210563903316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Studies in early modern European history.