The Crime of Crimes: Demonology and Politics in France, 1560-1620 - Jonathan L. Pearl - Google Books

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One of the most intriguing, and disturbing, aspects of history is that most people in early modern Europe believed in the reality and dangers of witchcraft. Most historians have described the witchcraft phenomenon as one of tremendous violence. In France,…