Statement
The denunciation was a crucial element of the early modern witch trials .
meaning
The practice of denunciation was closely related to the idea of the Witches ' Sabbath , in which witches did not act as individuals but as members of a large conspiracy. The evils they were charged with condensed into five core offenses - the devil's pact , the devil's compensation , the flight of the witches , the witches' sabbath and magic spells - of which all witches were accused together.
By embarrassing questioning and torture confessed such witchcraft convicted men and women were then forced to other witches say , d. H. Denouncing anyone other than witches , which led to their persecution and further witch trials.
Rarely a witch trial was completed before the person accused not more witches states had.
literature
- Wolfgang Behringer: Witches. Faith, persecution, marketing , Munich 1998.
- Johannes Dillinger: Witches and Magic , Frankfurt a. M 2007.
Web links
- Juliane Schlag: Said historicum.net , September 2, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbert Eiden: Witch Trials between the World and Church Court Trier University 2000, p. 36