{"product_id":"witchcraft-and-the-papacy-an-account-drawn-from-the-formerly-secret-archives-of-the-roman-inquisition-9780813927473","title":"Witchcraft and the Papacy  An Account Drawn from the Formerly Secret Archives of the Roman Inquisition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on newly available materials, this traces the role of the papacy in witchcraft prosecutions from medieval times to the eighteenth century. Decker contends that the post-medieval papacy played a restraining role at the height of the witch-hunting fre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Let there be no mistake: Decker has not produced a nostalgic apology for the Church, for he works historically in the best sense, by seeking the foundation of historical judgment in the only place he can find it, in empirical fact. In place of the 'Black Legend,' he has not erected a 'rosy legend.'... The last witch was burned in Rome in 1572, just a few years before the first true avalanche of trials overtook Germany and France around 1590, and well before the witch craze reached its high point with many thousands of victims, in the period between 1626 and 1631, but not in Italy or on the south side of the Alps, and not influenced by the Roman Inquisition, but rather in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire.\" - Thomas Brechenmacher, Tagespost, on the German edition.","brand":"MP-VIR Uni of Virginia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863005954391,"sku":"9780813927473","price":38.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813927473.jpg?v=1759919337","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/witchcraft-and-the-papacy-an-account-drawn-from-the-formerly-secret-archives-of-the-roman-inquisition-9780813927473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}