Description: This book is an analysis of witchcraft and witch hunting as they appeared in southwestern Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Starting from a short analysis of some basic problems in the interpretation of European witchcraft, it proceeds to a study of the shifting denominational views regarding witches and the growth of Catholic orthodoxy. That theoretical vantage yields insight into the patterns in time, space, and confession that characterized all witch hunts in the German Southwest. There follows a narrative analysis of the largest witch hunts and the general crisis of confidence they produced. Analysis is complemented by a summary of what is known about the people accused of witchcraft, as well as an examination of the popular suspicion directed toward old women at the start of most panics and the breakdown of this stereotype as the panics progressed.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Series: None
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Personalized: No
Level: Intermediate, Beginner, Advanced
Features: Dust Jacket
Unit Quantity: 1 Book
California Prop 65 Warning: None Listed
Number of Pages: 324 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Witch Hunting in Southwestern Germany, 1562-1684 : the Social and Intellectual Foundations
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 1972
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), Europe / Germany
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.6 Oz
Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, History
Author: H. C. Erik Midelfort
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
