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Imagining the witch : emotions, gender, and selfhood in early modern Germany / Laura Kounine.
Series: Emotions in history: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191839580 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Witch hunting -- Germany -- Wèurttemberg -- History | Witches -- Europe -- Public opinion -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198799085DDC classification: 133.430943460903 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The Holy Roman Empire was the heartland of the witch craze, with around 23,000 witches executed in the early modern period. In this work, Laura Kounine uses case studies of witch trials in early modern Wèurttemberg to examine how people sought to identify witches, and the ways in which ordinary men and women fought for their life to avoid the stake.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Holy Roman Empire was the heartland of the witch craze, with around 23,000 witches executed in the early modern period. In this work, Laura Kounine uses case studies of witch trials in early modern Wèurttemberg to examine how people sought to identify witches, and the ways in which ordinary men and women fought for their life to avoid the stake.
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