Rowlands Witchcraft narratives in Germany

Rothenburg, 1561–1652
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3798-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Early Modern European History

Exames the rich legal records of the German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a city which experienced a very restrained pattern of witch-trials and just one execution for witchcraft between 1561 and 1652

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rowlands, Alison

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Hexerei und Zauberei

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Map
Introduction
1. ‘An honourable man should not talk about that which he cannot prove’: slander and speech about witchcraft
2. The devil’s power to delude: elite beliefs about witchcraft and magic
3. ‘One cannot … hope to obtain the slightest certainty from him’: the first child-witch in Rothenburg, 1587
4. ‘When will the burning start here?’: the Catholic challenge during the Thirty Years’ War
5. Posion, seduction and magical theft: gender and contemporary fantasies of witchcraft
6. ‘God will punish both poor and rich’: the idioms and risks of defiance in the trial of Margaretha Horn, 1652
Conclusion
Appendix: Trials for witchcraft in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1549-1709
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alison Rowlands is Senior Lecturer in European History at the University of Essex