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100 1 $aGoodare, Julian,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe European witch-hunt /$cJulian Goodare.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$c2016.
300 $axxii, 430 pages ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 397-409) and index.
520 8 $aThe European Witch-Hunt seeks to explain why thousands of people, mostly lower-class women, were deliberately tortured and killed in the name of religion and morality during three centuries of intermittent witch-hunting throughout Europe and North America. Combining perspectives from history, sociology, psychology and other disciplines, this book provides a comprehensive account of witch-hunting in early modern Europe. Julian Goodare sets out an original interpretation of witch-hunting as an episode of ideologically-driven persecution by the 'godly state' in the era of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. Full weight is also given to the context of village social relationships, and there is a detailed analysis of gender issues. Witch-hunting was a legal operation, and the courts' rationale for interrogation under torture is explained. Panicking local elites, rather than central governments, were at the forefront of witch-hunting. Further chapters explore folk beliefs about legendary witches, and intellectuals' beliefs about a secret conspiracy of witches in league with the Devil. Witch-hunting eventually declined when the ideological pressure to combat the Devil's allies slackened. A final chapter sets witch-hunting in the context of other episodes of modern persecution.
505 0 $aThe witch-hunt and you -- Witchcraft! -- Towards witch-hunting -- Witchcraft and the intellectuals -- Witches in the community -- Witches and folk belief -- Witches and the godly state -- Witches in court -- The dynamics of witch-hunting -- Women, men and witchcraft -- The end of witch-hunting -- Perspectives on the witch-hunt.
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