Lecture: The European Witch Craze

Paradox of the European witch craze

Role and transformation of Judicial Authority

Malleus Maleficarum: spreading the stereotype

Images of the Black Sabbath

Changes in Law

Role of judicial torture

Role of Local Courts

Chronological Patterns

The Witch Craze: Preconditions

The Witch Craze: Triggers

Development of the Witch-Hunts

Individual and small hunts

Medium-sized hunts

Large-scale hunts

The Size of the Craze

End of witchcraft crazes

Analysis of witchcraft belief

Role of the Reformation

Various approaches to the witch craze

Psycho-Historical Approach

Anthropological Approach

Sociological Approach

Heinrich Kraemer and Johann Sprenger | maleficia | talion |