WRC-1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Misogyny, Inquisitorial System, Benandanti
6 Sep 2016
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Early modern witch hunts: definitions, medieval inquisition, witch hunters, theories, torture, examples of witch hunts, fact vs. fiction. Witch hunts were not new in this period. Belief in both good and evil forms of magic: love potion, healing potion. Tapping into supernatural forces for good or evil. A spell is a manipulation of nature through magical powers. 15th century, all magic has a pact with the devil. Inquisition- court set up by the church: happens when a problem needs to be dealt with. Pope sets up first inquisition to get rid of them. Inquisitors manuals made to deal with the problem of outsiders of the church. Nicolau eymeric: wrote the directory of inquisitors (1376, was a dominican priest in spain. Errores gazariorium: direct response to the cathars, written in 1437, compares witchcraft to heretics, says that all heretics use the devil to do their bidding.
