2004, ISBN: 9780300176520

Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB,PDF), Auflage, A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make them From the gruesome ogress in Hans… Mehr…

Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB,PDF), Auflage, A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make them 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 witches&mdash;of making pacts with the Devil, causing babies to sicken, and killing animals and crops&mdash;and 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 witch-hunting, 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. [PU: Yale University Press], Seiten: 376, [ED: 1], Yale University Press, 2004<

ISBN: 9780300176520

A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make them From the gruesome ogress in Hansel and Gretel to the hags at the sabbath in Faust, the witch has been a powerful fi… Mehr…

A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make them 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 witches—of making pacts with the Devil, causing babies to sicken, and killing animals and crops—and 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 witch-hunting, 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.; EPUB; History & Transport > Humanities, Yale University Press<

2004, ISBN: 9780300176520

Yale University Press, Kindle Edition, 376 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-12-11T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, Verkaufsrang: 198594, Germany, Europe, History, Subjects, Bo… Mehr…

Yale University Press, Kindle Edition, 376 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-12-11T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, Verkaufsrang: 198594, Germany, Europe, History, Subjects, Books, Wicca, Earth-Based Religions, New Age, Religion & Spirituality, Kindle eBooks, Categories, Kindle Store, Other Practices, Format: Kindle eBook, Yale University Press, 2004<

2004, ISBN: 9780300176520

Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB,PDF), Auflage, [PU: Yale University Press], [ED: 1], Yale University Press, 2004

ISBN: 9780300176520

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