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Introduction

Early modern Europe was intensely religious. This week we will be discussing the religious crimes of heresy and witchcraft. We will divide into groups looking at Eastern europe, England, France, the German States, the Italian States, Scandinavia and Scotland, and Spain.

Seminar Questions

• What forms did the crimes of heresy and witchcraft take in early modern Europe?
• What what were contemporary attitudes and responses towards these crimes? How did these vary across europe and over time?

Required Reading

• You should each read the relevant documents for the state(s) you are studying which are published in Brian P. Levack, ed., The Witchcraft SourcebookLink opens in a new window, 2^nd ed., (London, ). These documents are as follows:
  
  • Eastern Europe: documents 42 and
  • England: documents 19, 21, 31, 35, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 55, 63, 65,
  • France: documents 16, 17, 22, 28, 33, 38, 56,
  • The German States: documents 26, 30, 34, 36, 37, 40, 41,
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    Witchcraft

    Midelfort, H. C. Erik. " Witchcraft". Reformation and Early Modern Europe: A Guide to Research, edited by David M. Whitford, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, , pp.

    Midelfort, H. (). Witchcraft. In D. Whitford (Ed.), Reformation and Early Modern Europe: A Guide to Research (pp. ). University Park, USA: Penn State University Press.

    Midelfort, H. Witchcraft. In: Whitford, D. ed. Reformation and Early Modern Europe: A Guide to Research. University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp.

    Midelfort, H. C. Erik. " Witchcraft" In Reformation and Early Modern Europe: A Guide to Research edited by David M. Whitford, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press,

    Midelfort H. Witchcraft. In: Whitford D (ed.) Reformation and Early Modern Europe: A Guide to Research. University Park, USA: Penn State University Press; p

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    The ‘Malleus Maleficarum‘ and the construction of witchcraft: Theology and popular belief

    About this eBook

    This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The Malleus is an important text and is frequently quoted by authors across a wide range of scholarly disciplines. Yet it also presents serious difficulties: it is difficult to understand out of context, and is not generally representative of late medieval learned thinking. This, the first book-length study of the original text in English, provides students and scholars with an introduction to this controversial work and to the conceptual word of its authors. Like all witch-theorists, Institoris and Sprenger constructed their witch out of a constellation of pre-existing popular beliefs and learned traditions. Therefore, to understand the Malleus, one must also understand the contemporary and subsequent debates over the reality and nature of witches. This book argues

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