Witchcraft, gender, and society in early modern Germany / by Jonathan B. Durrant.
"Recent witchcraft historiography, particularly where it concerns the gender of the witch-suspect, has been dominated by theories of social conflict in which ordinary people colluded in the persecution of the witch sect. The reconstruction of the Eichstatt persecutions (1590-1631) in this book...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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| Series: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ;
v. 124. |
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access Table of contents |
| Summary: | "Recent witchcraft historiography, particularly where it concerns the gender of the witch-suspect, has been dominated by theories of social conflict in which ordinary people colluded in the persecution of the witch sect. The reconstruction of the Eichstatt persecutions (1590-1631) in this book shows that many witchcraft episodes were imposed exclusively 'from above' as part of a programme of Catholic reform. The high proportion of female suspects in these cases resulted from the persecutors' demonology and their interrogation procedures. The confession narratives forced from the suspects reveal a socially integrated, if gendered, community rather than one in crisis. The book is a reminder that an overemphasis on one interpretation cannot adequately account for the many contexts in which witchcraft episodes occurred."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004160930 9789004160934 |
| ISSN: | 1573-4188 ; |