Witchcraft and the Inquisition
Robin Briggs, 18 June 1981
Unclean Spirits: Possession and Exorcism in France and England in the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries
by D.P. Walker.
Scolar, 116 pp., £9.95, March 1981,9780859676205 Show More
by D.P. Walker.
Scolar, 116 pp., £9.95, March 1981,
The Witches’ Advocate
by Gustav Henningsen.
Nevada, 607 pp., $24, November 1980,0 87417 056 7 Show More
by Gustav Henningsen.
Nevada, 607 pp., $24, November 1980,
“... an enormous mass of inquisitorial records which he discovered in the Spanish national archives, Dr Henningsen’s book ranks with the very best ever written on witchcraft. It also gives a vivid and detailed picture of the functioning of that notorious yet little-known institution, the Spanish Inquisition. The title celebrates the fact that, unlike any other ... ”
