Witchcraft narratives in Germany Rothenburg, 1561-1652 /

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Looks at why witch-trials failed to gain momentum and escalate into 'witch-crazes' in certain parts of early modern Europe. Examines the rich legal records of the German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a city which experienced a very restrained pattern of witch-trials and just one execut...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rowlands, Alison (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Series:Studies in early modern European history.
Subjects:
1500-1699
Witchcraft > Germany > Rothenburg ob der Tauber > History > 16th century.
Witchcraft > Germany > Rothenburg ob der Tauber > History > 17th century.
Sorcellerie > Allemagne > Rothenburg ob der Tauber > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Sorcellerie > Allemagne > Rothenburg ob der Tauber > Histoire > 17e siècle.
HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
Witchcraft
Germany > Rothenburg ob der Tauber
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Map
  • Introduction
  • 1. 'An honourable man should not talk about that which he cannot prove': slander and speech about witchcraft
  • 2. The devil's power to delude: elite beliefs about witchcraft and magic
  • 3. 'One cannot ... hope to obtain the slightest certainty from him': the first child-witch in Rothenburg, 1587
  • 4. 'When will the burning start here?': the Catholic challenge during the Thirty Years' War
  • 5. Posion, seduction and magical theft: gender and contemporary fantasies of witchcraft
  • 6. 'God will punish both poor and rich': the idioms and risks of defiance in the trial of Margaretha Horn, 1652
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Trials for witchcraft in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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