Origins of the witches' sabbath / Michael D. Bailey.

"Explores the western European idea of the witches' sabbath, based on translations of five texts dating from the 1430s, and examines how these texts went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Magic in history sourcebooks series.
Main Author: Bailey, Michael David, 1971- (Author)
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
Series:Magic in history sourcebooks series.
Subjects:
Sabbat > Alps, Western > History > To 1500 > Sources.
Witchcraft > Alps, Western > History > To 1500 > Sources.
Sabbat.
Witchcraft.
Western Alps.
To 1500
History.
Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
History.
Physical Description:127 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Report on witchcraft in Valais / Hans Fründ
  • So that the errors of magicians and witches... / Claude Tholosan
  • Errors of the Gazarii / Anonymous
  • Anthill / Johannes Nider
  • The Vauderie of Lyon / Anonymous
  • A pair of fifteenth-century trials.