Witch Hunting in Southwestern Germany, 1562-1684: The Social and Intellectual Foundations

by H.C. Erik Midelfort

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804708053
• ISBN13: 9780804708050
• Release Date: June 1972
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 8.9"