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A comparative analysis of early witch trials in Lucerne, Nuremberg and Basel, within the context of criminal justice and social control. The case of Lucerne presents a fascinating interplay between witch trials and a transformation in the city's criminal procedure on one hand, and between witchcraft fears and social control on the other.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Witch Trials in the Cities
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A Revolution in Criminal Justice
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Reforming Zeal and Persecution in Lucerne
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
LAURA PATRICIA STOKES Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University in California, USA. She has previously published articles on the integration of torture into ordinary judicial procedure and the development of the witch stereotype during the fifteenth century.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Demons of Urban Reform
Book Subtitle: Early European Witch Trials and Criminal Justice, 1430-1530
Authors: Laura Stokes
Series Title: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230309043
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-8683-2Published: 23 March 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54105-8Published: 23 March 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30904-3Published: 23 March 2011
Series ISSN: 2731-5630
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 235
Topics: Social History, Cultural History, European History, History of Religion, Comparative Religion, Modern History