Title Witchcraft, gender, and society in early modern Germany / by Jonathan B. Durrant

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 124 Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 124. Contents Ch. 1: Witch-hunting in Eichstatt -- ch. 2: The witches -- ch. 3: Friends and enemies -- ch. 4 : Food and drink -- ch. 5: Sex -- ch. 6: Health -- ch. 7: The abuse of authority -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 The interrogatory of 1617 -- Appendix 2 Occupations of suspected witches or their households List of tables, maps and illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I -- Chapter One : Witch-hunting in Eichstltt -- The background -- Witch-hunting in Eichstatt, 1590-1616 -- Witch-hunting in Eichstatt, 1617-1631 -- The pattern of witch-hunting in Eichsttt -- Chapter Two : The witches -- The authorities and the gender of the witch -- The interrogatory and the course of the witch interrogations -- Denunciations -- Denunciations -- the role of the interrogators -- Denunciations -- the role of the witch-suspect -- The social status of the witch -- Conclusion -- PART II -- Chapter Three : Friends and enemies -- Methodology -- The witch and her denouncers -- Barbara Haubner and her denouncers -- Michael Hochenschildt and his denouncers -- Margretha Geiger and her denouncers -- Walburga Knab -- Christoph Lauterer -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four : Food and drink -- Food and drink -- Feasting -- Chapter Five : Sex -- Diabolical seduction -- Same-sex sexual relations -- Fornication and adultery -- Prostitution -- Bestiality and incest -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six : Health -- Healing -- Midwives -- Conclusion -- Chapter Seven : The abuse of authority -- The investigation -- Georg Mayr's visit -- Maria Mayr's infidelity -- The warders' abuses -- Fear -- Conclusion -- Witchcraft -- Gender and society -- Appendix 1 The interrogatory of 1617 -- Appendix 2 Occupations of suspected witches or their households -- Bibliography Summary Using the example of Eichstatt, this book challenges witchcraft historiography by arguing that the gender of the witch-suspect was a product of the interrogation process and that the stable communities affected by persecution did not collude in its escalation "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 Eichstatt 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."--Jacket Analysis Early Modern History History Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject 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. Gender identity. Medicine -- History -- 17th century. Women. Catholicism -- history Gender Identity History, 16th Century History, 17th Century Social Conditions -- history Witchcraft -- history Women sex role. women (female humans) BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Magick Studies. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Witchcraft & Wicca. HISTORY -- Renaissance. Women Medicine Gender identity Sex role -- Religious aspects Social conditions Trials (Witchcraft) Witchcraft Geschlechterrolle Hexenverfolgung Sozialgeschichte Hekserij. Sekseverschillen. Sociale aspecten. Hexenverfolgung -- Geschlechterrolle -- Deutschland -- Eichstätt (Bistum) -- Geschichte -- 1590-1630. SUBJECT Germany -- Social conditions -- 16th century Germany -- Social conditions -- 17th century Germany Subject Germany Germany -- Eichstätt (Landkreis) Eichstätt Hochstift Eichstätt Eichstätt. Eichstätt (Bistum) -- Hexenverfolgung -- Sozialgeschichte -- 1590-1630. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9789047420552 9047420551

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