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The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft : theology and popular belief /

What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were serious and important questions - and completely new. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned 'witch-theorists' attempted to provide the ans...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Broedel, Hans Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Colección:Studies in early modern European history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Authors and arguments
  • 3. The inquisitors' Devil
  • 4. Misfortune, witchcraft and the will of god
  • 5. Witchcraft: The formation of belief, part one
  • evidence and interpretation
  • 6. Witchcraft: The formation of belief, part two
  • 7. Witchcraft as an expression of female sexuality
  • Bibliography.