Title Page : THE WITCH-PERSECUTIONS From TRANSLATIONS AND REPRINTS FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCES OF EUROPEAN HISTORY. Edited by George L. Burr, A. B. VOL. III. No. 4. [1896] scanned , June 2002
I. The Theory Of Witch Persecution : p. 2 I. THE THEORY OF WITCH-PERSECUTION. Perhaps no better statement of the theory of witch-persecution, as it came to be accepted in all lands and by all shades of faith throughout Christendom, can anywhere be found than that of the Rev. Cotton Mather in a sermon which did much to make that theory...
Iii. The Witch Persecution At Trier : p. 13 III. THE WITCH-PERSECUTION AT TRIER. It was, however, not till a century later, in the second half of the sixteenth century, that the witch-persecutions reached their height. One of the fiercest was that which raged in the dominions of the Elector-Archbishop of Trier (Trves) in western...
Ix. Select Bibliography : p. 36 IX. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY. There are few subjects on which so much has been written, yet so little that is serious in aim and scholarly in method. An idea of the literature as a whole may be gained from a paper on "The Literature of Witchcraft," contributed by the present editor to the Papers...
Iv. The Witch Persecution At Bonn : p. 18 IV. THE WITCH-PERSECUTION AT BONN. An undated letter 2 from the pastor (Duren) of the village of Alfter, near Bonn, to Count Werner of Salm thus describes the persecution in that city: Those burned are mostly male witches of the sort described. There must be half the city implicated:...
Ii. The Beginnings Of The Witch Persecutions : p. 6 II. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE WITCH-PERSECUTIONS. 1. WITCH-PERSECUTION IN THE EARLIER FIFTEENTH CENTURY. Nider, Formicarius, ed. of Augsburg, ca. 1476, lib. v, cap. 3. Latin. One of the earliest books which throws light upon the methods of the persecutions is the "Formicarius", or "Ant-Hill,"...
Untitled : THE WITCH-PERSECUTIONS From TRANSLATIONS AND REPRINTS FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCES OF EUROPEAN HISTORY. VOL. III. No. 4. EDITED BY GEORGE L. BURR. [1896] This is a survey of primary sources for the history of the witch persecutions. Written late in the 19th Century, this collection epitomizes...
V. The Witch Persecution In Scotland : p. 19 V. THE WITCH-PERSECUTION IN SCOTLAND. From the contemporary pamphlet "Newes from Scotland", 1591, as reprinted in Pitcairn's "Criminal Trials in Scotland", vol. 1, pt. 2, pp. 215-223. English. Within the towne of Trenent, in the kingdome of Scotland, there dwelleth one David Seaton, who...
Vii. The Witch Persecution At Wurzburg : p. 28 VII. THE WITCH-PERSECUTION AT WRZBURG. From "Codex german". 1254 of the Munich library, as printed by Leitschuh, "Beitrge zur Geschichte des Hexenwesens in Franken". In August, 1629, the Chancellor of the Prince-Bishop of Wrzburg thus wrote (in German) to a friend: p. 29 As to the affair...
Viii. The Methods Of The Witch Persecutions : p. 30 VIII. THE METHODS OF THE WITCH-PERSECUTIONS. It was at this very time, and probably at Wrzburg during the persecution just above described, that the noble Jesuit poet, Friedrich Spee, was made the confessor of those sentenced to death for witchcraft and was thus inspired to write (though...
Vi. The Witch Persecution At Bamberg : p. 23 VI. THE WITCH-PERSECUTION AT BAMBERG. From mss. in the Bamberg library, as printed by Leitschuh, Beitrge zur Geschichte des Hexenwesens in Franken (Bamberg, 1883). In 1628 there was tried for witchcraft at the episcopal city of Bamberg, in Germany, the Burgomaster Johannes Junius. The minutes...
Introduction : p. 1 INTRODUCTION. The belief in witchcraft and the persecution of those supposed to practice it have been almost universal in human history. Christianity inherited both the belief and the persecution from the religions, Jewish and pagan, which preceded it. But, under the influence of its...