Servants of Satan - The Age of the Witch Hunts

" -Erik Midelfort"Servants of Satan is a well written, easy to read book, and the bibliography is a good source of secondary materials for further reading." -Journal of American Folklore

List of contents

Preface IX

Introduction I

1. The Witchcraft Enigma ¿ 8

2. Medieval Witches - 19

3. Sexual Politics and Religious Reform in the Witch Craze - 48

4. Classic Witches: The Beggar and Midwife - 86

5. Classic Accusers: The Possessed - 104

6. In the Torture Chamber: Legal Reform and Psychological Breakdown - 128

7. An End to Witch Hunting - 159

Notes - 177

Bibliography - 196

Index - 207

About the author

Joseph Klaits is Associate Professor of History at Oakland University. He is the author of Printed Propaganda under Louis XIV and many articles on early modern European history, and coeditor of Animals and Man in Historical Perspective.

Summary

Considers the general course and significance of the European witch craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Klaits, Klaits Joseph
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.1987
• EAN: 9780253204226
• ISBN: 978-0-253-20422-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 230 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 344 g
• Illustrations: 3 b&w photos
• Series: A Midland Book; A Midland Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous