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Summary:

Using the example of Eichstatt, this book challenges witchcraft historiography by arguing that the gender of the witch-suspect was a product of the interrogation process and that the stable communities affected by persecution did not collude in its escalation.
Review: "Recent witchcraft historiography, particularly where it concerns the gender of the witch-suspect, has been dominated by theories of social conflict in which ordinary people colluded in the persecution of the witch sect. The reconstruction of the Eichstatt persecutions (1590-1631) in this book shows that many witchcraft episodes were imposed exclusively 'from above' as part of a programme of Catholic reform. The high proportion of female suspects in these cases resulted from the persecutors' demonology and their interrogation procedures. The confession narratives forced from the suspects reveal a socially integrated, if gendered, community rather than one in crisis. The book is a reminder that an overemphasis on one interpretation cannot adequately account for the many contexts in which witchcraft episodes occurred."--Jacket.

Table of Contents:

• Ch. 1: Witch-hunting in Eichstatt
• ch. 2: The witches
• ch. 3: Friends and enemies
• ch. 4 : Food and drink
• ch. 5: Sex
• ch. 6: Health
• ch. 7: The abuse of authority
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1 The interrogatory of 1617
• Appendix 2 Occupations of suspected witches or their households.
• List of tables, maps and illustrations
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• PART I
• Chapter One : Witch-hunting in Eichstltt
• The background
• Witch-hunting in Eichstatt, 1590-1616
• Witch-hunting in Eichstatt, 1617-1631
• The pattern of witch-hunting in Eichsttt

• Chapter Two : The witches
• The authorities and the gender of the witch
• The interrogatory and the course of the witch interrogations
• Denunciations
• Denunciations
• the role of the interrogators
• Denunciations
• the role of the witch-suspect
• The social status of the witch
• Conclusion
• PART II
• Chapter Three : Friends and enemies
• Methodology
• The witch and her denouncers
• Barbara Haubner and her denouncers
• Michael Hochenschildt and his denouncers
• Margretha Geiger and her denouncers
• Walburga Knab
• Christoph Lauterer
• Conclusion
• Chapter Four : Food and drink
• Food and drink
• Feasting
• Chapter Five : Sex
• Diabolical seduction
• Same-sex sexual relations
• Fornication and adultery
• Prostitution
• Bestiality and incest
• Conclusion
• Chapter Six : Health
• Healing
• Midwives
• Conclusion
• Chapter Seven : The abuse of authority
• The investigation
• Georg Mayr's visit
• Maria Mayr's infidelity
• The warders' abuses
• Fear
• Conclusion
• Witchcraft
• Gender and society
• Appendix 1 The interrogatory of 1617
• Appendix 2 Occupations of suspected witches or their households
• Bibliography.

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Author/Creator:

Durrant, Jonathan B. (Jonathan Bryan) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Main Work:

Witchcraft, gender, and society in early modern Germany [by Durrant, J.B.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Witchcraft, gender, and society in early modern Germany [by Durrant, J.B.] (Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 — ISBN 9789004160934; ISBN 9004160930; LCCN 2007298801; OCLC Number 194927906)

Related Series:

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions; v. 124

Subjects:

Witchcraft — Germany — Eichstätt (Landkreis) — History — 16th century

Witchcraft — Germany — Eichstätt (Landkreis) — History — 17th century

Trials (Witchcraft) — Germany — Eichstätt (Landkreis) — 16th century

Trials (Witchcraft) — Germany — Eichstätt (Landkreis) — 17th century

Sex role — Religious aspects

Germany — Social conditions — 16th century

Germany — Social conditions — 17th century

1500-1699

Trials (Witchcraft)

Sex role

Social conditions

Witchcraft

Germany — Eichstätt (Landkreis)

Germany

Genres:

History

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273) and index.
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1 online resource (xxvii, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps.

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BF1583 .D87 2007eb

ISBNs:

9789047420552 (electronic bk.)
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9789004160934 (alk. paper) [Invalid]
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Digital Object Identifier: 10.1163/ej.9789004160934.i-288

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2007298801

OCLC Numbers:

302420990