Witchcraft, demonology, and confession in early modern France [electronic resource] / Virginia Krause, Brown University.

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"Denounced by neighbors and scrutinized by demonologists, the early modern French witch also confessed, self-identified as a witch and as the author of horrific deeds. What led her to this point? Despair, solitude, perhaps even physical pain, but most decisively, demonology's two-pronged prosecutori...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krause, Virginia, 1968- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Witchcraft > France > History > 16th century.
Witchcraft > France > History > 17th century.
Demonology > France > History > 16th century.
Demonology > France > History > 17th century.
Trials (Witchcraft) > France > History > 16th century.
Trials (Witchcraft) > France > History > 17th century.
Confession > History > 16th century.
Confession > History > 17th century.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2015 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2015 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. From the witch's mouth; 2. Dark truth: demonology's auricular regime; 3. Dismantling demonology's confessional; 4. Becoming a witch; Conclusion: lessons from the demonological night.