Michaela Valente (Ph.D. 2000) is Professore Associato of Early Modern History at Università del Molise and since 2021 at "La Sapienza", Università di Roma. She has published essays and books on Jean Bodin, on the demonological debate, and on the Roman Inquisition.
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Introduction 1. History and historiography: Wier and the witch-hunts 2. Wier's early years and apprenticeship (1515-1557) 1. Agrippa and the French apprenticeship 2. Working in Gelderland and Cleves 3. Wier's faith 3. Inside the labyrinth of spells: The origin and development of the De Praestigiis Daemonum (1557-1568) 1. The De praestigiis 2. The theologian and the physician: on the punishment for witches 3. Translations of the De praestigiis 4. Between magic and science 1. The circle of Oporinus and Basel 2. Against Paracelsus 5. Vince te ipsum: Towards the twilight: from 1569 to 1588 1. The twilight 2. Against Scalichius 3. The physician Wier 6. Demons sorcerers and witches 1. Satan and his army 2. Magicians 3. Witches 4. The distinction between magicians and witches 7. Scepticism and toleration 1. Erasmus between scepticism and toleration 2. Erasmus and Wier 8. Reading and refuting Wier 1. Appreciations and critics 2. The Debate with Erastus 3. Bodin against Wier 4. Wier's legacy in English and Germanic debates 5. Wier in the XVIIth century 6. After Descartes: the disenchantment of the world Conclusion Bibliography (primary sources) Bibliography (secondary sources) Index
Introduction 1. History and historiography: Wier and the witch-hunts 2. Wier's early years and apprenticeship (1515-1557) 1. Agrippa and the French apprenticeship 2. Working in Gelderland and Cleves 3. Wier's faith 3. Inside the labyrinth of spells: The origin and development of the De Praestigiis Daemonum (1557-1568) 1. The De praestigiis 2. The theologian and the physician: on the punishment for witches 3. Translations of the De praestigiis 4. Between magic and science 1. The circle of Oporinus and Basel 2. Against Paracelsus 5. Vince te ipsum: Towards the twilight: from 1569 to 1588 1. The twilight 2. Against Scalichius 3. The physician Wier 6. Demons sorcerers and witches 1. Satan and his army 2. Magicians 3. Witches 4. The distinction between magicians and witches 7. Scepticism and toleration 1. Erasmus between scepticism and toleration 2. Erasmus and Wier 8. Reading and refuting Wier 1. Appreciations and critics 2. The Debate with Erastus 3. Bodin against Wier 4. Wier's legacy in English and Germanic debates 5. Wier in the XVIIth century 6. After Descartes: the disenchantment of the world Conclusion Bibliography (primary sources) Bibliography (secondary sources) Index
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