Johann Wier: debating the devil and witches in early modern Europe /

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This book deals with a fascinating and original claim in 16th-century Europe. Witches should be cured, not executed. It was the physician and scholar Johann Wier (1515-1588) who challenged the dominant idea. For his defense of witches, more than three centuries later, Sigmund Freud chose to put Wier...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Valente, Michaela, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Colección:Renaissance history, art and culture.
Temas:
Weyer, Johann, > 1515-1588.
Weyer, Johann, > 1515-1588
Witches.
Witch hunting > History.
Sorcières.
Chasse aux sorcières > Histoire.
witches.
Literary studies: classical, early and medieval.
Social and cultural history.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Witch hunting
Witches
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. History and historiography
  • 2. Wier's early years and apprenticeship (1515-1557)
  • 3. Inside the labyrinth of spells
  • 4. Between magic and science
  • 5. Vince te ipsum
  • 6. Demons, sorcerers, and witches
  • 7. Scepticism and toleration
  • 8. Reading and refuting Wier
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography (primary sources)
  • Bibliography (secondary sources)
  • Index

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