The last witch of Langenburg : murder in a German village / Thomas Robisheaux.
2009
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Title
The last witch of Langenburg : murder in a German village / Thomas Robisheaux.
Edition
1st ed.
Created/published
New York : W.W. Norton, ©2009.
Description
427 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Associated name
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-408) and index.
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.
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.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Call number
BF1583 .R63 2009