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Focusin on two specific regions - Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier - this title provides an 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 Germany.

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In this groundbreaking comparative study of witch-hunting in two German territories, Johannes Dillinger reaches novel conclusions regarding the support of local communities for the trials, the complex web of popular witch beliefs, and the role of centralized princely authority in bringing the trials to an end. The book illuminates the 'magical world' of early modern Germany and analyzes the forces that drove the prosecutions. - Brian Levack, author of The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe

Evil People A Comparative Study of Witch Hunts

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    Publisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
    Publication Date: 8/30/2009 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780813928067, 978-0813928067
    ISBN10: 0813928060
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Focusin on two specific regions - Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier - this title provides an 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 Germany.

    Trade Review
    In this groundbreaking comparative study of witch-hunting in two German territories, Johannes Dillinger reaches novel conclusions regarding the support of local communities for the trials, the complex web of popular witch beliefs, and the role of centralized princely authority in bringing the trials to an end. The book illuminates the 'magical world' of early modern Germany and analyzes the forces that drove the prosecutions. - Brian Levack, author of The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe

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