Overview
- Provides a source edition of the only extant documents from a witchcraft trial in Lower Navarre, 1370
- Illustrates the prevalence of key themes in later anxieties around magic at an early date
- Details useful background for understanding the history of witchcraft in the Basque Country
Part of the book series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic (PHSWM)
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About this book
This book provides an annotated source edition of the only two extant documents related to the sorcery trial brought against Pes de Guoythie and Condesse de Beheythie in Lower Navarre, in 1370. It provides full transcriptions of both documents, and English translations of the most salient passages. These sources illustrate at an early date many of the features prevalent in later sources on which trials, such as the metamorphosis of those accused into animals; infanticide; poisoned apples; collective meetings; and ointments made from various creatures. As such, it offers a fascinating insight into allegations of witchcraft in the High and Late Middle Ages.
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Book Title: Sources from the Dawn of the Great Witch Hunt in Lower Navarre, 1370
Book Subtitle: Akelarre
Authors: Ander Berrojalbiz
Series Title: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15813-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15812-4Published: 01 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-15813-1Published: 30 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2731-5630
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 84
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural History, History of Medieval Europe, European History