| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
427 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-408) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- 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 deliciti -- 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. |
| Subject |
Witchcraft -- Germany -- Langenburg -- History.
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Murder -- Germany -- Langenburg -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780393065510 hardcover |
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0393065510 hardcover |
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