Witchcraft, gender, and society in early modern Germany [[electronic resource] /] / by Jonathan B. Durrant

• Autore: Durrant Jonathan B (Jonathan Bryan)
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Disciplina: 133.4/30943
• Soggetto topico: Witchcraft - Germany - Eichstätt (Landkreis) - History - 16th century; Witchcraft - Germany - Eichstätt (Landkreis) - History - 17th century; Trials (Witchcraft) - Germany - Eichstätt (Landkreis) - 16th century; Trials (Witchcraft) - Germany - Eichstätt (Landkreis) - 17th century; Sex role - Religious aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Germany Social conditions 16th century; Germany Social conditions 17th century
• Soggetto non controllato: History; Early Modern History; Eichstätt; Interrogation; Witchcraft; Witch-hunt
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary material / J.B. Durrant -- Chapter One. Witch-hunting in Eichstätt / J.B. Durrant -- Chapter Two. The witches / J.B. Durrant -- Chapter Three. Friends and enemies / J.B. Durrant -- Chapter Four. Food and drink / J.B. Durrant -- Chapter Five. Sex / J.B. Durrant -- Chapter Six. Health / J.B. Durrant -- Chapter Seven. The abuse of authority / J.B. Durrant -- Conclusion / J.B. Durrant -- Appendix 1. The interrogatory of 1617 / J.B. Durrant -- Appendix 2. Occupations of suspected witches or their households / J.B. Durrant -- Bibliography / J.B. Durrant -- Index / J.B. Durrant.
• Sommario/riassunto: Recent witchcraft historiography, particularly where it concerns the gender of the witch-suspect, has been dominated by theories of social conflict in which ordinary people colluded in the persecution of the witch sect. The reconstruction of the Eichstätt persecutions (1590-1631) in this book shows that many witchcraft episodes were imposed exclusively ‘from above’ as part of a programme of Catholic reform. The high proportion of female suspects in these cases resulted from the persecutors’ demonology and their interrogation procedures. The confession narratives forced from the suspects reveal a socially integrated, if gendered, community rather than one in crisis. The book is a reminder that an overemphasis on one interpretation cannot adequately account for the many contexts in which witchcraft episodes occurred.
• Titolo autorizzato: Witchcraft, gender, and society in early modern Germany
• ISBN: 1-281-93620-0; 9786611936204; 90-474-2055-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910169181503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; ; v. 124.