2006, ISBN: 0300119836

[EAN: 9780300119831], Neubuch, [PU: Yale University Press, New Haven], Paperback. A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make them From the gruesome ogress in Hanse… Meer...

[EAN: 9780300119831], Neubuch, [PU: Yale University Press, New Haven], Paperback. A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make them From the gruesome ogress in Hansel and Gretel to the hags at the sabbath in Faust, the witch has been a powerful figure of the Western imagination. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries thousands of women confessed to being witchesof making pacts with the Devil, causing babies to sicken, and killing animals and cropsand were put to death. This book is a gripping account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of witches during this period and beyond. Drawing on hundreds of original trial transcripts and other rare sources in four areas of Southern Germany, where most of the witches were executed, Lyndal Roper paints a vivid picture of their lives, families, and tribulations. She also explores the psychology of witch-hunting, explaining why it was mostly older women that were the victims of witch crazes, why they confessed to crimes, and how the depiction of witches in art and literature has influenced the characterization of elderly women in our own culture. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, thousands of women confessed to being witches and were put to death. This book presents an account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of witches, particularly in Germany, as well as a deeper exploration of the psychology of witch-hunting in modern culture. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability., Books<

2006, ISBN: 9780300119831

A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make themFrom the gruesome ogress in Hansel and Gretel to the hags at the sabbath in Faust, the witch has been a powerful fig… Meer...

A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make themFrom the gruesome ogress in Hansel and Gretel to the hags at the sabbath in Faust, the witch has been a powerful figure of the Western imagination. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries thousands of women confessed to being witches—of making pacts with the Devil, causing babies to sicken, and killing animals and crops—and were put to death. This book is a gripping account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of witches during this period and beyond.Drawing on hundreds of original trial transcripts and other rare sources in four areas of Southern Germany, where most of the witches were executed, Lyndal Roper paints a vivid picture of their lives, families, and tribulations. She also explores the psychology of witch-hunting, explaining why it was mostly older women that were the victims of witch crazes, why they confessed to crimes, and how the depiction of witches in art and literature has influenced the characterization of elderly women in our own culture. Books Lyndal Roper|Paperback|Yale University Press|31/10/2006, Yale University Press<

2006, ISBN: 9780300119831

Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Yale University Press], Yale University Press, 2006