FREN 1177 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Johannes Trithemius, Transubstantiation
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The bible became a great source of problems. People who protested weren"t successful due to lack of mass distribution, but the printing press helped solve that. Lots of classical works in greek and latin, pagan writings forgotten and lost in west but continued to exist in east. Monks often copied greek manuscripts without knowing the language. The idea that the below wasn"t accepted as real by reformed members of the church was frowned upon. People compared these texts to those in the west, found many differences. Technically only maybe 2 dozen witches" executed in spain and portugal in 100 years. Believed that the world would be better if there were only men. The devil becomes attractive as he is seen as an easy way out of problems. Great witch craze took place mainly in areas of religious war. Say that they control the demons, and can be perfectly good christians.
