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The Witch Hunts
A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America
Langbeschreibung
Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 - the great age of witch hunts. Locating its origins 400 years earlier in the growing perception of threats to Western Christendom, Robert Thurston outlines the development of a 'persecuting society' in which campaigns against scapegoats such as heretics, Jews, lepers and homosexuals set the scene for the later witch hunts. He examines the creation of the witch stereotype and looks at how the early trials and hunts evolved, with the shift from accusatory to inquisitorial court procedures and reliance upon confessions leading to the increasing use of torture.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 1. New fears in Europe: 700-1500 2. Toward the Witch Pyres: Images and Realities of European Women to 1500 3. The Spread of the Witch Trials 4. Victims and Processes 5. The Decline and End of the Hunts Conclusion
Robert Thurston
ISBN-13:
9781317865001
Veröffentl:
2013
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Robert Thurston
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
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