Man as Witch [electronic resource] : Male Witches in Central Europe /
Schulte, R.author.
Witch-hunts in Central Europe were by no means focused only on women; one in four alleged witches was male. This study analyzes and describes the witch trials of men in French and German-speaking regions, opening up a little known chapter of early modern times, and revealing the conflicts from which witch-hunts of men evolved.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables, Figures and Map; Series Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Trial of Peter Kleikamp or - So Many Questions; 2 The Persecution of Men as Werewolves in Burgundy; 3 Male Witches on Trial: An Empirical Approach; 4 Witch-hunts and the Male Witch: A Chronology; 5 Men as Potential Witches in Demonological Treatises; 6 Magic and Gender in Popular Culture; 7 The Persecution of Male Witches in Holstein; 8 Carinthia. Wanted: Beggar, Male; 9 Male Witches, Feminized Men or Shamans?; 10 The Power of the 'Witch Folk' and the Rulers
NotesSelected Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Witch-hunts in Central Europe were by no means focused only on women; one in four alleged witches was male. This study analyzes and describes the witch trials of men in French and German-speaking regions, opening up a little known chapter of early modern times, and revealing the conflicts from which witch-hunts of men evolved.
Europe—History.
Religions.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
Europe—History—1492-.
European History.
Comparative Religion.
Modern History.
Social History.
Cultural History.
History of Early Modern Europe.