What does this document tell us about the spread of witchcraft persecutions in the seventeenth century? What does this document tell you about the legal procedures involved in the trial of witches and how might these procedures have worked to condemn the innocent? What do these passages tell you about early modern European conceptions of justice? What does the trial record suggest about the status of women in the seventeenth century? (page 412)
Friday, November 7, 2008
“A Witchcraft Trial in France”
What does this document tell us about the spread of witchcraft persecutions in the seventeenth century? What does this document tell you about the legal procedures involved in the trial of witches and how might these procedures have worked to condemn the innocent? What do these passages tell you about early modern European conceptions of justice? What does the trial record suggest about the status of women in the seventeenth century? (page 412)
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