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The Crime of Crimes
Jonathan L. Pearl
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Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
One of the most intriguing, and disturbing, aspects of history is that most people in early modern Europe believed in the reality and dangers of witchcraft. Most historians have described the witchcraft phenomenon as one of tremendous violence. In France, dozens of books, pamphets and tracts, depicting witchcraft as the most horrible of crimes, were published and widely distributed.
One of the most intriguing, and disturbing, aspects of history is that most people in early modern Europe believed in the reality and dangers of witchcraft. Most historians have described the witchcraft phenomenon as one of tremendous violence. In France, dozens of books, pamphets and tracts, depicting witchcraft as the most horrible of crimes, were published and widely distributed.
Yet, in his new book, The Crime of Crimes: Demonology and Politics in France, 1560-1620, Jonathan Pearl shows that France carried out relatively few executions for witchcraft. Through careful research he shows that a zealous Catholic faction identified the ... Read more
Very few studies have taken such a careful and penetrating look at demonology in France. The Crime of Crimes: Demonology and Politics in France, 1560-1620 sheds new light on an important period in the history of witchcraft and will be welcomed by scholars and laypersons alike.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781554585694
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V9781554585694
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About Jonathan L. Pearl
Jonathan L. Pearl was educated at Lawrence College in Wisconsin and Northwestern University and has taught at the University of Toronto since 1969. He has published numerous articles on religious and intellectual history and in 1995, with R.A. Scott, published the first English-language edition of Jean Bodin's On the Demon-Mania of Witches.
Reviews for The Crime of Crimes
``Pearl brings to bear on the subject basic sources as well as a meticulous examination of existing relevant literature. His presentation is lucid, and his disagreement with other critics is not only expressed with restraint but also rests on irrefutable evidence. This study is a very important contribution to the history of demonology in France.''
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