26. Witches

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Quoted as saying 'hunting witches was actually the most intensely ecumenical event of the Reformation era' in discussing Catholic-Protestant cooperation on witch hunting

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Introduced as one of Susanna Lipscomb's award-winning books on early modern history, described as being about women, sex and marriage in Reformation Languedoc

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Described as Susanna Lipscomb's recently published book, relevant to the discussion topic of witchcraft

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Referenced as having studied witchcraft trials in Lorraine; later mentioned as having done 'really good work on examining the details of neighbourhood accusations'

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Explicitly called 'the famous book' written by a German-Dominican monk, discussed as elevating witchcraft to heresy and being 'a particularly misogynistic text'

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Referenced for describing the Middle Ages as 'a persecuting society' in discussing the medieval approach to heresy

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Referenced alongside Alan McFarlane for developing the concept of 'refusal guilt syndrome' as a classic scenario in witchcraft accusations

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Referenced alongside Keith Thomas for developing the concept of 'refusal guilt syndrome' as a classic scenario in witchcraft accusations

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Referenced as having written about John Dee and Elizabeth I's interest in alchemy

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Referenced as having written about large-scale online shaming, in the context of discussing modern parallels to witch hunts

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Susanna Lipscomb mentions writing a forward for this book, which 'looks at witchcraft beliefs across the world throughout time'

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Explicitly described as a book written in 1597 'in which he had given people instructions on how to find witches'

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Described as having written 'that great book about witchcraft in Germany' and having done 'interesting work' on witches' fantasies about meeting the devil