Historical Trends in Witch Prosecution



Source: H.C. Erik Midelfort, Witch Hunting in Southwestern Germany, 1562-1684: The Social and Intellectual Foundations (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1972), 199-230.



Source: Wolfgang Behringer, Witchcraft Persecutions in Bavaria: Popular Magic, Religious Zealotry, and Reason of State in Early Modern Europe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 44.


Source: Richard van Dülmen, Theater des Schreckens: Gerichtspraxis und Strafrituale in der frühen Neuzeit (Munich: Beck, 1988).


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