Gary K Waite

Eradicating the Devil's Minions

Anabaptists and Witches in Reformation Europe, 1535-1600

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Already a leading authority in the history of heresy, Gary K. Waite offers challenging new ways to integrate the early modern witch hunts in the broader anti-heretical developments of the Reformation era. "Eradicating the Devil's Minions" sheds valuable light on a wealth of topics, including attitudes to miracles, debates over the sacraments - notably baptism, popular magic, shamanism and religious charisma - and the entire rhetoric of demonization.'-Stuart Clark, Professor of History, University of Wales, Swansea

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781442610323
• ISBN-10: 1442610328
• Artikelnr.: 26832048

Autorenporträt

Gary K. Waite is a professor in the Department of History at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Maps
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Devil's Minions: Anabaptists, Magic, and Witches in the Sixteenth
Century
Blackened Tongues and Miraculous Hosts: Anabaptists and Miracles in the
Polemical Literature
Shamans and Soothsayers: The Persecution of Anabaptists and Witches in the
Northern Netherlands
Rebaptism and the Devil: Anabaptists and Witches in the Southern
Netherlands
The Devil's Sabbat: Nocturnal Anabaptist Meetings, Hailstorms, and
Witchcrafte in Southern Germany
Eliminating the Desecrators of Hosts: Anabaptists and Witches in th
Austrian Tirol
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index