Witch Hunting in Southwestern Germany 1562-1684 the Social and Intellectual Foundations

Midelfort, H C Erik

ISBN 10: 0804708053 / ISBN 13: 9780804708050

Published by Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1972

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1st US edition, large 8vo, 306pp, photo illustrations; VG Copy in VG DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 48490

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Title: Witch Hunting in Southwestern Germany 1562-...

Publisher: Stanford University Press, Stanford

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

This book is an analysis of witchcraft and witch hunting as they appeared in southwestern Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Starting from a short analysis of some basic problems in the interpretation of European witchcraft, it proceeds to a study of the shifting denominational views regarding witches and the growth of Catholic orthodoxy. That theoretical vantage yields insight into the patterns in time, space, and confession that characterized all witch hunts in the German Southwest. There follows a narrative analysis of the largest witch hunts and the general crisis of confidence they produced. Analysis is complemented by a summary of what is known about the people accused of witchcraft, as well as an examination of the popular suspicion directed toward old women at the start of most panics and the breakdown of this stereotype as the panics progressed.