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This text looks at why witch-trials failed to escalate into ""witch-crazes"" in certain parts of early modern Europe. Using the legal records of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the book explores the social and psychological conflicts behind the making of accusations and confessions of witchcraft.

Witchcraft --- History --- Black art (Witchcraft) --- Sorcery --- Occultism --- Wicca --- 291.33 --- Directe invloed op de goddelijke wil: hekserij; bezweringen; magie, toverij --- 291.33 Directe invloed op de goddelijke wil: hekserij; bezweringen; magie, toverij --- germany --- folklore --- witchcraft --- witches --- Defamation --- Early modern period --- Lutheranism --- Torture --- Wettringen (Münsterland) --- Witch trials in the early modern period --- Witch-hunt --- Würth --- History. --- European history. --- HISTORY / Europe / Germany. --- History & Archaeology