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Beschreibung
Early modern witch-hunting faced skepticism and evidentiary barriers, making it difficult to convict witches. Judges and accusers used performance staging to overcome these barriers. This Element examines two cases to illustrate ways evidentiary staging can signify in law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Early modern witch-hunting faced skepticism and evidentiary barriers, making it difficult to convict witches. Judges and accusers used performance staging to overcome these barriers. This Element examines two cases to illustrate ways evidentiary staging can signify in law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Performance as proof of the 'Hidden Crime'; 3. Doing battle with Satan in a Louviers Courthouse: devil versus law in the trial of Françoise Fontaine (1591); 4. Staging possession in the trial of John Samuel: Witchcraft at the Huntington Assizes (1593); 5. Conclusion: Law as magic; References.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781009469715
ISBN-10: 1009469711
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Peters, Julie Stone
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 5 mm
Von/Mit: Julie Stone Peters
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.12.2024
Gewicht: 0,128 kg
Artikel-ID: 130505431

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