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Witchcraft Persecutions in Bavaria

Wolfgang Behringer, J. C. Grayson, David Lederer
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      This is a major study by a leading scholar in the field of continental witchcraft studies. Based on an intensive search through central and local legal records for south-eastern Germany, an area extending well beyond but including present-day Bavaria, the author has compiled a thorough overview of all known prosecutions for witchcraft in the period 1300–1800. He shows conclusively that witch-hunting was not a constant or uniform phenomenon, and that three-quarters of all known executions for witchcraft were concentrated in the years 1586–1630, years of particular dearth and famine. The book investigates the social and political implications of witchcraft, and how the mechanisms of persecution served as a rallying cry for partisan factionalism at court. The author also explores the mentalities behind witch-hunting, emphasizing the complex religious debates between believers and sceptics, and Catholics and Protestants.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Wolfgang Behringer, J. C. Grayson, David Lederer EAN: 9780521482585 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 930 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-12-11 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Germany, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, European history, Occult studies

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      This is a major study by a leading scholar in the field of continental witchcraft studies. Based on an intensive search through central and local legal records for south-eastern Germany, an area extending well beyond but including present-day Bavaria, the author has compiled a thorough overview of all known prosecutions for witchcraft in the period 1300–1800. He shows conclusively that witch-hunting was not a constant or uniform phenomenon, and that three-quarters of all known executions for witchcraft were concentrated in the years 1586–1630, years of particular dearth and famine. The book investigates the social and political implications of witchcraft, and how the mechanisms of persecution served as a rallying cry for partisan factionalism at court. The author also explores the mentalities behind witch-hunting, emphasizing the complex religious debates between believers and sceptics, and Catholics and Protestants.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Wolfgang Behringer, J. C. Grayson, David Lederer EAN: 9780521482585 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 930 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-12-11 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Germany, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, European history, Occult studies

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