Demons of Urban Reform - (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic) by Laura Patricia Stokes (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"This book illuminates the origins of the great European witch hunts by placing early witch trials in the comparative light of other criminal proceedings in Basel, Lucerne and Nuremberg. The study reveals that the increasingly harsh treatment was paralleled by mounting judicial severity in general, as well as by a keen interest in social control"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>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.
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