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Author Rowlands, Alison.

Title Witchcraft narratives in Germany : Rothenburg 1561-1652 / Alison Rowlands
Published Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages) : 1 map
Series Studies in early modern European history
Studies in early modern European history.
Contents Map: place of origin of the sixty-five people involved in witchtrials in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709 -- Introduction -- 'An honourable man should not talk about that which he cannot prove': slander and speech about witchcraft -- The devil's power to delude: elite beliefs about witchcraft and magic -- 'One cannot ... hope to obtain the slightest certainty from him': the first child-witch in Rothenburg, 1587 -- 'When will the burning start here?': the Catholic challenge during the Thirty Years' War -- Seduction, poison and magical theft: gender and contemporary fantasies of witchcraft -- '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
Summary 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
Analysis Multi-User
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238 and index
Notes English
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Subject Witchcraft -- Germany -- Rothenburg ob der Tauber -- History -- 16th century
Witchcraft -- Germany -- Rothenburg ob der Tauber -- History -- 17th century
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Magick Studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Witchcraft & Wicca.
HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
Witchcraft
Hexenverfolgung
Heksenprocessen.
Hekserij.
Germany -- Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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