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Autore: | Durrant Jonathan B (Jonathan Bryan) |
Titolo: | Witchcraft, gender, and society in early modern Germany / / by Jonathan B. Durrant |
Pubblicazione: | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina: | 133.4/30943 |
Soggetto topico: | Witchcraft - Germany - Eichstatt (Landkreis) - History - 16th century |
Witchcraft - Germany - Eichstatt (Landkreis) - History - 17th century | |
Trials (Witchcraft) - Germany - Eichstatt (Landkreis) - 16th century | |
Trials (Witchcraft) - Germany - Eichstatt (Landkreis) - 17th century | |
Sex role - Religious aspects | |
Soggetto geografico: | Germany Social conditions 16th century |
Germany Social conditions 17th century | |
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 |
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