HIS389H1 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 Sept 21.docx
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As lyndal roper remarks, the multiplication of trials was possible only after the. Demonologists persuaded people that the apocalyptic battle between god and satan, man and the devil, was taking place in their very own villages. lyndal roper witch craze: terror and. Fantasy in baroque germany (yale up, 2004), p. 19. Agents of satan among them in their villages, they should watch out . To understand the context in which early accusations arrived need to understand early modern social structure, village structure, village governance, ties that connect urban and rural worlds. Bring back memories from other courses his243! Big divisions in society were the estates (first estate: clergy, second: nobility, third: everyone else) = scheme served interest of the clergy, promotes them to the top, useful to the nobility, not much good for witch craft historians. Thinking in terms of estate theory is not useful .
