One of the most intriguing, and disturbing, aspects of history
is that most people in early modern Europe believed in the reality
and dangers of witchcraft. Most historians have described the
witchcraft phenomenon as one of tremendous violence. In France,
dozens of books, pamphets and tracts, depicting witchcraft as the
most horrible of crimes, were published and widely distributed.
In "The Crime of Crimes: Demonology and Politics in France,
1560-1620," Jonathan Pearl shows that France carried out relatively
few executions for witchcraft. Through careful research he shows
that a zealous Catholic faction identified the Protestant rebels as
traitors and heretics in league with the devil and clamoured for
the political and legal establishment to exterminate these enemies
of humanity. But the courts were dominated by moderate Catholics
whose political views were in sharp contrast to those of the
zealots and, as a result, the demonologists failed to ignite a
major witch-craze in France.
Very few studies have taken such a careful and penetrating look
at demonology in France. "The Crime of Crimes: Demonology and
Politics in France, 1560-1620" sheds new light on an important
period in the history of witchcraft and will be welcomed by
scholars and laypersons alike.
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