Roper, Witch Craze, 15-43.
Identify: Carolina, malefice, Jean Bodin, Malleus maleficarum, Nicolas Remy, Julius Echter, Martin del Rio, Reginald Scot.
Locate Würzburg, Augsburg, Nördlingen. See this map of Germany, and map of Bavaria. Click on the green area in the second map.
1. Roper writes: "Witchcraft raised issues that lay at the heart of religious identity" (39). What were these issues?
2. What was the connection between the religious divisions of early modern Christianity and witchcraft? How successful is Roper in making the connection?
3. What did witch hunters have in common?
4. What differences characterize the witch hunts described in Chapter 1?
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