Title: Origins of the witches' sabbath /
Authors: Bailey, Michael David, 1971-
Year: 2021
Subjects: Sabbat Alps, Western History Sources.; Witchcraft Alps, Western History Sources.; Sabbat; Witchcraft; Western Alps
Abstract: "Explores the western European idea of the witches' sabbath, based on translations of five texts dating from the 1430s, and examines how these texts went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come"--
Contents: Report on witchcraft in Valais / Hans Fründ -- So that the errors of magicians and witches... / Claude Tholosan -- Errors of the Gazarii / Anonymous -- Anthill / Johannes Nider -- The Vauderie of Lyon / Anonymous -- A pair of fifteenth-century trials.