Johann Weyer (1515/1516-1588)’s book De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus ac veneficiis (On devilish delusions and on enchantments and poisonings), first published in Basel in 1563, counts as a systematic attack on witch theories and witch trials. Vera Hoorens argues that Weyer wrote it not only to defend the witches but also and, perhaps even more, as an instrument to criticise the Catholic Church. This reinterpretation solves the problems that are associated with the traditional interpretation of De praestigiis daemonum, including the variety of its contents, Weyer’s seemingly enigmatic source use, and his having written the book before and not during the increase in witch trials. The article answers a number of questions that are ...
Muchembled Robert. Wolfgang Behringer, Witchcraft Persecutions in Bavaria. Popular Magic, Religious ...
In 1610s, the province of Östergötland would become the scene of the first large-scale witch-hunts i...
In der Reihe „Historische Einführungen“ des Campus Verlags versucht Johannes Dillinger, die Entwickl...
Johann Weyer (1515-1588)’s book De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus ac veneficiis (On devili...
This book deals with a fascinating and original claim in 16th-century Europe. Witches should be cure...
Thomas Stapleton’s influential 1594 oration “Why Has Magic Grown Today Together with Heresy?” delive...
Markus Schmids bachelor thesis Eine kritische Stimme zur Hexenverfolgung: Johannes Matthäus Meyfarts...
By the end of the fifteenth century, demonological beliefs were well established by demonologists, i...
King James VI (I) Stuart is known as one of the most important and sophisticated English defenders o...
In the sixteenth century, witchcraft was generally thought to be a grave danger. Specific people, a ...
In the archives in Zurich, there are 230 sorcery trials during 1570 and 1630, among which 80 trials ...
The fifteenth century is more than any other the century of the persecution of witches. So wrote Joh...
Through a survey of the discussions of the decline of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century witch-c...
This article studies the persecution moved by Catholic Church to the witchcraft pratices in Germany ...
Research into the life of the Dutch physician Jan Wier (1515-1588) clarifies conflicting representat...
Muchembled Robert. Wolfgang Behringer, Witchcraft Persecutions in Bavaria. Popular Magic, Religious ...
In 1610s, the province of Östergötland would become the scene of the first large-scale witch-hunts i...
In der Reihe „Historische Einführungen“ des Campus Verlags versucht Johannes Dillinger, die Entwickl...
Johann Weyer (1515-1588)’s book De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus ac veneficiis (On devili...
This book deals with a fascinating and original claim in 16th-century Europe. Witches should be cure...
Thomas Stapleton’s influential 1594 oration “Why Has Magic Grown Today Together with Heresy?” delive...
Markus Schmids bachelor thesis Eine kritische Stimme zur Hexenverfolgung: Johannes Matthäus Meyfarts...
By the end of the fifteenth century, demonological beliefs were well established by demonologists, i...
King James VI (I) Stuart is known as one of the most important and sophisticated English defenders o...
In the sixteenth century, witchcraft was generally thought to be a grave danger. Specific people, a ...
In the archives in Zurich, there are 230 sorcery trials during 1570 and 1630, among which 80 trials ...
The fifteenth century is more than any other the century of the persecution of witches. So wrote Joh...
Through a survey of the discussions of the decline of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century witch-c...
This article studies the persecution moved by Catholic Church to the witchcraft pratices in Germany ...
Research into the life of the Dutch physician Jan Wier (1515-1588) clarifies conflicting representat...
Muchembled Robert. Wolfgang Behringer, Witchcraft Persecutions in Bavaria. Popular Magic, Religious ...
In 1610s, the province of Östergötland would become the scene of the first large-scale witch-hunts i...
In der Reihe „Historische Einführungen“ des Campus Verlags versucht Johannes Dillinger, die Entwickl...