ACS 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Toleration, Responsible Government, Psychological Egoism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Arts and Contemporary Studies
• Course: ACS 300
• Professor: Jo Kornegay

Document Summary

Acs 300: reactions to religious uncertainty and conflict 17th c. attitudes and political theory: malleus malleficarum and witchcraft. In 1484, pope innocent viii asked kramer and springer to write a treatis to write about identyifying witches, it became famous across europe to persecute and murder thousands of women and a few men. Early modern europeans shared a general dear about life, sin, death salvation. Believed their world was threatened by witches. 15th c. theologians constructed a demonology by which they linked the witch and the devil in a pact. 70, 000 100, 000 executed in catholic and protestant lands religious and secular authorities were in charge. Attack on socially undesirable persons (poor, old, widows) 1484: specially delegated inquisitors by pope innocent vii. Had an influence on judges for the next 300 years. The malleus: read by every judge and magistrate single greatest authority on witches that influenced european jurisprudence for 300 yrs. Witches defined by a pact with the devil.