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Village Infernos and Witches' Advocates - Witch-Hunting in Navarre, 1608-1614 (Hardcover)
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Village Infernos and Witches' Advocates - Witch-Hunting in Navarre, 1608-1614 (Hardcover)
Series: Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475-1755
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This book revises what we thought we knew about one of the most
famous witch hunts in European history. Between 1608 and 1614,
thousands of witchcraft accusations were leveled against men,
women, and children in the northern Spanish kingdom of Navarre. The
Inquisition intervened quickly but incompetently, and the
denunciations continued to accelerate. As the phenomenon spread,
children began to play a crucial role. Not only were they
reportedly victims of the witches' harmful magic, but hundreds of
them also insisted that witches were taking them to the Devil's
gatherings against their will. Presenting important archival
discoveries, Lu Ann Homza restores the perspectives of illiterate,
Basque-speaking individuals to the history of this shocking event
and demonstrates what could happen when the Spanish Inquisition
tried to take charge of a liminal space. Because the Spanish
Inquisition was the body putting those accused of witchcraft on
trial, modern scholars have depended upon Inquisition sources for
their research. Homza's groundbreaking book combines new readings
of the Inquisitional evidence with fresh archival finds from
non-Inquisitional sources, including local secular and religious
courts, and from notarial and census records. Expanding our
understanding of this witch hunt as well as the history of
children, community norms, and legal expertise in early modern
Europe, Village Infernos and Witches' Advocates is required reading
for students and scholars of the Spanish Inquisition and the
history of witchcraft in early modern Europe.
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