Whores of the devil
Subtitle: witch-hunts and witch-trials
By: Erik Durschmied.
Publisher: Sutton
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Trials (Witchcraft) -- Europe -- History; Witchcraft -- Europe -- History; Persecution -- Europe -- History
Other titles: Witch-hunts and witch-trials.
Description: "Erik Durschmied's book begins with the trial and execution of Joan of Arc, and goes on to discuss the activities of the Inquisition, the views of Martin Luther and England's Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, the fate of the Salem witches in Massachusetts and newly discovered evidence from the University of Tubingen which shows that the witch-hunt was quite literally revived under the Nazis." -- BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-306) and index.