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Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism

Witch Craze

Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany

by Lyndal Roper

Roper studies the intense witch persecutions of seventeenth-century southern Germany through the lens of fantasy, gender and the body. Using interrogation records and visual sources, she explores fears surrounding fertility, motherhood, old age and the sabbath, and how interrogators and accused jointly shaped confessions. A psychologically attentive and richly illustrated work suited to readers interested in cultural history and the emotional world of the trials.

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