Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChronologyChapter 1: An Introduction to Witch-HuntingChapter 2: Medieval Origins of the Witch HuntsChapter 3: Witch-Hunting in the Holy Roman EmpireChapter 4: The Witch Hunts in FranceChapter 5: Witch-Hunting in the British RealmsChapter 6: Witch-Hunting in Southern EuropeChapter 7: Witch-Hunting in Northern and Eastern EuropeChapter 8: Beyond the Witch HuntsGlossarySelected BibliographyIndex

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Historical examination of witch hunts, their causes, and their lingering effects on the Western world

About the Author

Brian A. Pavlac is the Herve A. LeBlanc Distinguished Service Professor and chair of the Department of History at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is the author of A Concise Survey of Western Civilization: Supremacies and Diversities throughout History and the translator of Balderich’s Warrior Bishop of the Twelfth Century: The Deeds of Albero of Trier.