|
Product Description
The accused was Anna Roleffes, known as Tempel Anneke. She was arrested on the charge of witchcraft in June of 1663. She was found guilty and was executed on December 30th that same year. Her trial was long and involved, with many witnesses from several towns and villages.
Consisting of direct translations of the trial testimony, The Trial of Tempel Anneke portrays a large and varied cast of characters including trades people, farmers, local nobility, village drunkards, and Tempel Anneke herself. Tempel Anneke was in several ways typical of those accused of witchcraft, yet from the testimony she emerges as a complex and controversial figure. She was literate and owned a few books and herbals; she prided herself on her medical and pharmaceutical knowledge and until the final stages of the trial when her confession was extracted under torture, she was sharp, assertive, and even witty in her responses to questioning. This English translation offers direct archival insight into the workings of 17th century law, contemporary understandings of justice, perceptions of natural and magical causes, and above all, the social history of the period.
While other witchcraft materials exist, this is the only text available in English that allows students to follow a witchcraft trial from beginning to end. Highly readable, this astonishing narrative is perfectly suited to being read as a complete document. The useful additions of introduction, appendices, glossary, and index provide readers with important background information so that they can engage directly with the material.
Features
- Used Book in Good Condition
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- Cardano's Cosmos: The Worlds and Works of a Renaissance Astrologer
- Magic in the Middle Ages (Canto Classics)
- The Salem Witch Hunt: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
- The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Volume II
- Black Rain (Japan's Modern Writers)
- Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History (Middle Ages Series)
- The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- Magic and Superstition in Europe: A Concise History from Antiquity to the Present (Critical Issues in History) (Critical Issues in World and International History)
- The Witchcraft Reader (Routledge Readers in History)
- A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, & Pagans
*If this is not the "The Trial of Tempel Anneke: Records of a Witchcraft Trial in Brunswick, Germany, 1663" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link. Details were last updated on Nov 15, 2024 00:01 +08.