This chapter presents a group of stories about the witches of Ribe, in south-western
Denmark. One of the stories is of special interest, because so few like it are to be found …

This chapter investigates the impact of demonology, especially narratives of the witches'
sabbat, in Danish witch-trials. It identifies what demonological ideas of the witch surfaced in …

“Demonology” means ideas about witches and demons, and ideas that explain witches
through their relationship with demons. And “witch-hunting” means prosecutions of witches …

As a part of the increasing interest in 'popular'culture, historians have become more
conscious of the presence of witchcraft after the witch trials. Most of the time their attention …

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University Press diversity of witch hunting at different times and places. These two valuable …

In the Norwegian context, the persecution of accused witches and sorcerers in 17th-century
Finnmark was distinguished by its scale, form and motivation. The extent of this kind of trial …

This chapter discusses how the circulation of demonological witchcraft ideas occurred in
different levels of society, in written as well as oral form. Susanna Grethen allegedly has …

Compared to the heartland of the Reformation, Danish prosecutions of witchcraft peaked
late, and they were preceded by a period in which witchcraft gradually came to be …

In the early modern period, someone could be declared a witch in several different ways. On
the local, everyday level, it was often a matter of being at the wrong place at the wrong time; …

The rural district judge Nils Psilander is one of the most famous characters in the history of
witchcraft in early modern Finland, and is also important in international witchcraft history …