Witch politics in early Modern Europe (1400-1800) / Stephan Quensel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quensel, Stephan.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Standardized Title:

Hexen-Politik im frühmodernen Europa (1400-1800). English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Witch hunting--Europe--History--To 1500.

Witch hunting.

Witch hunting--Europe--History--16th century.

Witch hunting--Europe--History--17th century.

Witch hunting--Europe--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (763 p.)

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Springer, 2023.

Contents:

Preface

1 The framework, an introduction

Part I The clerical witch model: How the witch crime was invented

2 The magical space as mental framework: The clerical playing field

3 On the prehistory

4 From heretics to witches?

5 The witch: construction or reality?

6 The witch propaganda

Part II The legal witch persecution: How the witch-crime was realized

7 The 'normal' witchcraft

8 The manorial criminal justice system: the legal playing field

9 The mass persecutions

10 Possession and child-witches

Part III The witch-politics game: How witchcraft crime was decriminalized

11 On the preconditions for analysis

12 The end of witchcraft persecution: Tolerance

13 Witch Belief: Skepticism and Criticism

14 A Conclusion: Witches as Instruments of a Symbolic 'Politics' Game

Appendix: Recommended Reading

Literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 12, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Quensel, Stephan Witch Politics in Early Modern Europe (1400-1800)

ISBN:

9783658414122

365841412X

Publisher Number:

99994297667

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.