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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The Trial of Peter Kleikamp or So Many Questions The Persecution of Men as Werewolves in Burgundy Male Witches on Trial: an Empirical Approach Witchhunts and the Male Witch: a Chronology Men as Potential Witches in Demonological Treatises Magic and Gender in Popular Culture The Persecution of Male Witches in Holstein Carinthia. Wanted: Beggar, Male Male Witches, Feminized Men or Shamans? The Power of the ‘Witch Folk’ and the Rulers Notes Bibliograpy IndexAbout the author
ROLF SCHULTE is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Kiel in Germany. His research and publications centre on witch hunts in early modern times, as well as nineteenth and twentieth century German and European History.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 325 ● ISBN 9780230240742 ● File size 4.6 MB ● Translator Kenneth A. Loparo ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4967873 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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