The last witch of Langenburg : murder in a German village /
Exploring one of Europe's last witch panics, historian Thomas Robisheaux brings to life the story of an entire world caught between superstition and modernity in a high-stakes drama that led to charges of sorcery and witchcraft against an entire family.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
[2009]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Death on Shrove Tuesday
- The autopsy
- A confusing and suspicious affair
- Warding off evil
- A secret crime?
- The outsider
- Sorcery at the mill
- Wider conspiracies
- Satan in the heart?
- A daughter's betrayal
- A mother's revenge?
- Corpus deliciti
- A question of poison
- Impasse
- Politics
- A vengeful heart
- Poor sinner
- Ruin
- Stories.