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The last witch of Langenburg : murder in a German village Cover Image Book Book

The last witch of Langenburg : murder in a German village / Thomas Robisheaux.

Robisheaux, Thomas Willard. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393065510 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0393065510 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 427 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-408) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Death on Shrove Tuesday -- The autopsy -- A confusing and suspicious affair -- Warding off evil -- A secret crime? -- The outsider -- Sorcery at the mill -- Wider conspiracies -- Satan in the heart? -- A daughter's betrayal -- A mother's revenge? -- Corpus deliciti -- A question of poison -- Impasse -- Politics -- A vengeful heart -- Poor sinner -- Ruin -- Stories.
Summary, etc.:
Exploring one of Europe's last witch panics, historian Thomas Robisheaux brings to life the story of an entire world caught between superstition and modernity in a high-stakes drama that led to charges of sorcery and witchcraft against an entire family.

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Subject: Witchcraft > Germany > Langenburg > History.
Murder > Germany > Langenburg > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

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250 . ‡a1st ed.
260 . ‡aNew York : ‡bW.W. Norton, ‡cc2009.
300 . ‡a427 p. : ‡bill., maps ; ‡c25 cm.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [383]-408) and index.
5050 . ‡aDeath on Shrove Tuesday -- The autopsy -- A confusing and suspicious affair -- Warding off evil -- A secret crime? -- The outsider -- Sorcery at the mill -- Wider conspiracies -- Satan in the heart? -- A daughter's betrayal -- A mother's revenge? -- Corpus deliciti -- A question of poison -- Impasse -- Politics -- A vengeful heart -- Poor sinner -- Ruin -- Stories.
520 . ‡aExploring one of Europe's last witch panics, historian Thomas Robisheaux brings to life the story of an entire world caught between superstition and modernity in a high-stakes drama that led to charges of sorcery and witchcraft against an entire family.
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650 0. ‡aMurder ‡zGermany ‡zLangenburg ‡xHistory.
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