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The last witch of Langenburg : murder in a German village / Thomas Robisheaux.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, cop. 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 428 s. illustrationer 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0393065510
  • 9780393065510
  • 9780393349689
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 133.43094 22
Other classification:
  • Mzd
Contents:
Death on Shrove Tuesday -- The autopsy -- A confusing and suspicious affair -- Warding off evil -- A secret crime? -- The outsider -- Sorcery at the mill -- Wider conspiracies -- Satan in the heart? -- A daughter's betrayal -- A mother's revenge? -- Corpus delicti -- A question of poison -- Impasse -- Politics -- A vengeful heart -- Poor sinner -- Ruin -- Stories.
Summary: Exploring one of Europe's last witch panics, historian Thomas Robisheaux brings to life the story of an entire world caught between superstition and modernity in a high-stakes drama that led to charges of sorcery and witchcraft against an entire family.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-408) and index.

Death on Shrove Tuesday -- The autopsy -- A confusing and suspicious affair -- Warding off evil -- A secret crime? -- The outsider -- Sorcery at the mill -- Wider conspiracies -- Satan in the heart? -- A daughter's betrayal -- A mother's revenge? -- Corpus delicti -- A question of poison -- Impasse -- Politics -- A vengeful heart -- Poor sinner -- Ruin -- Stories.

Exploring one of Europe's last witch panics, historian Thomas Robisheaux brings to life the story of an entire world caught between superstition and modernity in a high-stakes drama that led to charges of sorcery and witchcraft against an entire family.

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