The literature of witchcraft trials
Subtitle: books & manuscripts from the Jacob Burns Law Library
By: an essay by Scott B. Pagel
Contributors: Jamail Center for Legal Research; Jacob Burns Law Library
Series: Tarlton Law Library legal history series -- no. 9; Legal history series -- no. 9.
Publisher: Jamail Center for Legal Research, the University of Texas at Austin
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
ISBN-13: 9780935630725
Subjects: Trials (Witchcraft); Sources; Cross-cultural studies; Witches; Witchcraft; Crimes against; History
Description: Professor Pagel discusses the witchcraft craze that swept through Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. He uses specific examples of manuscripts and rare books to illustrate early writers' rationale for the witchcraft trials, the procedures used in courts, and the influence of church-state relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.