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9780300119831

Witch Craze : Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300119831

  • ISBN10:

    0300119836

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2006-10-31
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, thousands of women confessed to being witches and were put to death. This book is a gripping account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of witches, particularly in Germany, as well as a deeper exploration of the psychology of witch-hunting in modern culture. "[A] brilliant piece of investigative history."The Guardian "This ambitious and subtle book is testament not only to Roper's skill in excavating stories from the German archives, but also to her imagination and determination in reading between the lines of examinations and confessions. . . . Compelling, courageous and inspirational."Malcolm Gaskill,Journal of the Historical Association

Author Biography

Lyndal Roper is professor of history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Balliol College.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vi
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Prologue: The Witch at the Smithy 1(12)
PART I: Persecution
13(54)
The Baroque Landscape
15(29)
Interrogation and Torture
44(23)
PART II: Fantasy
67(58)
Cannibalism
69(13)
Sex with the Devil
82(22)
Sabbaths
104(21)
PART III: Womanhood
125(54)
Fertility
127(33)
Crones
160(19)
PART IV: The Witch
179(68)
Family Revenge
181(23)
Godless Children
204(18)
A Witch in the Age of Enlightenment
222(25)
Epilogue 247(10)
Notes 257(70)
Bibliography 327(19)
Index 346

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