Witch Craze: Terror And Fantasy In Baroque Germany

Witch Craze: Terror And Fantasy In Baroque Germany

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From The Gruesome Ogress In Hansel And Gretel To The Hags At The Sabbath In Faust, The Witch Has Been A Powerful Figure Of The Western Imagination. In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries Thousands Of Women Confessed To Being Witchesof Making Pacts With The Devil, Causing Babies To Sicken, And Killing Animals And Cropsand Were Put To Death. This Book Is A Gripping Account Of The Pursuit, Interrogation, Torture, And Burning Of Witches During This Period And Beyond.Drawing On Hundreds Of Original Trial Transcripts And Other Rare Sources In Four Areas Of Southern Germany, Where Most Of The Witches Were Executed, Lyndal Roper Paints A Vivid Picture Of Their Lives, Families, And Tribulations. She Also Explores The Psychology Of Witchhunting, Explaining Why It Was Mostly Older Women That Were The Victims Of Witch Crazes, Why They Confessed To Crimes, And How The Depiction Of Witches In Art And Literature Has Influenced The Characterization Of Elderly Women In Our Own Culture.

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