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Author Homza, Lu Ann

Title Village Infernos and Witches' Advocates : Witch-Hunting in Navarre, 1608-1614
Published University Park : Penn State University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (261 pages)
Series Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475-1755 ; v. 5
Iberian encounter and exchange, 475-1755.
Contents Intro -- COVER Front -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes to Introduction -- Chapter 1: Trauma -- Notes to Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2: Spiritual and Social Combat -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3: Legal Decisions, Legal Errors -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4: Collaboration, Obedience, Resistance -- Notes to Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5: Transgressions and Solutions -- Notes to Chapter 5 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Between 1608 and 1614, thousands of witchcraft accusations were leveled against men, women, and children in the northern Spanish kingdom of Navarre. The Inquisition intervened quickly but incompetently, and the denunciations continued to accelerate. As the phenomenon spread, children began to play a crucial role. Not only were they reportedly victims of the witches' harmful magic, but hundreds of them also insisted that witches were taking them to the Devil's gatherings against their will. Presenting important archival discoveries, Lu Ann Homza restores the perspectives of illiterate, Basque-speaking individuals to the history of this shocking event. combines new readings of the Inquisitional evidence with fresh archival finds from non-Inquisitional sources, including local secular and religious courts, and from notarial and census records. Expanding our understanding of this witch hunt as well as the history of children, community norms, and legal expertise, Village Infernos and Witches' Advocates is a must-read for scholars of the Spanish Inquisition and the history of witchcraft in early modern Europe"-- Back cover
"A revisionist account of the Spanish witch-hunt that took place in northern Navarre from 1608 to 1614. Combines new readings of the Inquisitional evidence with archival finds from non-Inquisitional sources, including local secular and religious courts, and from notarial and census records"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Witchcraft -- Spain -- Navarre -- History -- 17th century
Inquisition -- Spain -- Navarre -- History -- 17th century
Witch hunting -- Spain -- Navarre -- History -- 17th century
Witchcraft
Witch hunting
Inquisition
Spain -- Navarre
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271092096
0271092092
0271092084
9780271092089