Evil People: A Comparative Study of Witch Hunts in Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier

by Johannes Dillinger

Inspired by recent efforts to understand the dynamics of the early modern witch hunt, Johannes Dillinger has produced a powerful synthesis based on careful comparisons. Narrowing his focus to two specific regions--Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier--he provides a nuanced explanation of how the tensions between state power and communalism determined the course of witch hunts that claimed over 1,300 lives in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813928060
• ISBN13: 9780813928067
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher