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The European Witch-Hunt (Paperback)
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The European Witch-Hunt (Paperback)
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The 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. This book is the ideal resource for students
exploring the history of witch-hunting. Its level of detail and use
of social theory also make it important for scholars and
researchers.
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