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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-

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Broedel, Hans Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Published: [Manchester] : Manchester University Press, [2003]
Series:Studies in early modern European history.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contested categories
  • Origins and arguments
  • The inquisitors' devil
  • Misfortune, witchcraft, and the will of God
  • Witchcraft: the formation of belief
  • part one
  • Witchcraft: the formation of belief
  • part two
  • Witchcraft as an expression of female sexuality.