Demons of Urban Reform [electronic resource] : Early European Witch Trials and Criminal Justice, 1430-1530 /
Stokes, Laura Patricia.author.
A comparative analysis of early witch trials in Lucerne, Nuremberg and Basel, within the context of criminal justice and social control. The case of Lucerne presents a fascinating interplay between witch trials and a transformation in the city's criminal procedure on one hand, and between witchcraft fears and social control on the other.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Evil by Any Other Name: Defining Witchcraft; Part I Witch Trials in the Cities; 2 Basel: Territorialization and Rural Autonomy; 3 Nuremberg: The Malleus that Never Struck; 4 Lucerne: Urban Witch Hunters; Part II A Revolution in Criminal Justice; 5 Between Two Worlds: Fifteenth- Century Justice at the Threshold of the Early Modern; 6 The Advancing Death Penalty and the Re- imagining of Magical Crimes; Part III Reforming Zeal and Persecution in Lucerne; 7 Urban Reform and Social Control
8 Witchcraft, Sodomy, and the Demonization of CrimeConclusion; Appendix: Selected Trial Documents; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A comparative analysis of early witch trials in Lucerne, Nuremberg and Basel, within the context of criminal justice and social control. The case of Lucerne presents a fascinating interplay between witch trials and a transformation in the city's criminal procedure on one hand, and between witchcraft fears and social control on the other.
Social history.
Civilization-History.
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Religion-History.
Religions.
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Social History.
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European History.
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