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Nicolas Rémy (1530–1616)

Autor(a) de Demonolatry

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3 Works 92 Membros 2 Críticas

Obras por Nicolas Rémy

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Nome canónico
Rémy, Nicolas
Outros nomes
Remigius
Data de nascimento
1530
Data de falecimento
1616
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
France
Local de nascimento
Charmes, Vosges, France
Locais de residência
Paris, France
Educação
University of Toulouse
Ocupações
magistrate

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Críticas

It's hard to know how to rate this book, because I certainly wouldn't want anyone to think I agreed with anything inside. It is a curiosity, a remnant of the European witch trials, written 4 centuries ago by a French witchcraft judge who sent many women, and some men, to their death for an imagined crime, using evidence that no court of law would possibly accept today. This book is a rare look inside the mind of a true believer, and demonstrates just how little actual evidence was required to convict someone of a capital crime. The most frightening thing, to me, was the forward and footnotes written in 1929 that demonstrated how very close we still are to this sort of thinking.… (mais)
1 vote
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Devil_llama | 1 outra crítica | Apr 9, 2011 |
A full-blooded account of witchcraft in France
 
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GlenRalph | 1 outra crítica | Jul 22, 2009 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
3
Membros
92
Popularidade
#202,476
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
2
ISBN
17
Línguas
1

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