Image right: Paulus von Somer (1576-1621), King James I and VI of England and Scotland. Oil on canvas, 196 x 120 cm. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Image source: Web Gallery of Art.

I. A Crisis of Social Disciplining?

II. Monarchs and Witch-Hunts
A) A Case of Planned Assault? The Archbishopric of Cologne
B) Cases of Royal Initative? Scotland and Denmark
C) Acculturating the Periphery? Royal Courts in France

III. External Controls and the Pattern of Witch Trials
A) Few External Controls: The Witch-Hunt in Ellwangen, 1611-1612
B) Many External Controls: The Italian Inquisition

IV. One Monarchy's Struggle With Moderation: Bavaria under Maximilian I (1598-1651)

Graph: Sumptuary Law in Europe, 1100-1800
Graph: Social Disciplining in the City of Emden, 1559-1825

Image: Ferdinand of Wittelsbach, Archbishop of Cologne (r. 1612-1650)
Map: The Archbishopric of Cologne (1645)

Map: The Provostry of Ellwangen and its Political Environment
Map: The Duchy of Bavaria (1645)
Image: Maximilian I of Bavaria (r. 1597-1651)
Map: The Holy Roman Empire, 1648