Witchcraft, gender and society in early modern Germany:
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Main Author: Durrant, Jonathan B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2007
Series:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions 124
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description: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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273) and index
List of tables, maps and illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I; Chapter One Witch-hunting in Eichstätt; Chapter Two The witches; PART II; Chapter Three Friends and enemies; Chapter Four Food and drink; Chapter Five Sex; Chapter Six Health; Chapter Seven The abuse of authority; Conclusion; Appendix 1 The interrogatory of 1617; Appendix 2 Occupations of suspected witches or their households; Bibliography; Index
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 288 pages)
ISBN:9789047420552
9047420551
DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004160934.i-288

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