Demons of Urban Reform: Early European Witch Trials and Criminal Justice, 1430-1530
Author:   Laura Patricia Stokes
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
ISBN:  

9781403986832


Pages:   235
Publication Date:   23 March 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Demons of Urban Reform: Early European Witch Trials and Criminal Justice, 1430-1530


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A comparative analysis of early witch trials in Lucerne, Nuremberg and Basel, within the context of criminal justice and social control. The case of Lucerne presents a fascinating interplay between witch trials and a transformation in the city's criminal procedure on one hand, and between witchcraft fears and social control on the other.

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Author:   Laura Patricia Stokes
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9781403986832


ISBN 10:   1403986835
Pages:   235
Publication Date:   23 March 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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LAURA PATRICIA STOKES Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University in California, USA. She has previously published articles on the integration of torture into ordinary judicial procedure and the development of the witch stereotype during the fifteenth century.

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