Battling demons :
Bailey, Michael David, 1971-
Battling demons : witchcraft, heresy, and reform in the late Middle Ages / Michael D. Bailey. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2003. - xii, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The magic in history series . - Magic in history. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index.
Introduction: Witchcraft, heresy, and reform in the fifteenth century -- The life of Johannes Nider -- Witchcraft in the writings of Johannes Nider -- The threat of heresy : Hussites, free spirits, and beguines -- Reform of the orders, reform of the religious spirit -- The reform of the Christian world : Johannes Nider's Formicarius -- Witchcraft and reform -- Conclusion: Witchcraft and the world of the late Middle Ages -- Appendix I: Chronology of Nider's life and datable works -- Appendix II: Dating of Nider's major works used in this study -- Appendix III: Manuscript copies of Nider's treatises.
0271022256 (alk. paper) 0271022264 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2002010394
Nider, Johannes, approximately 1380-1438.
Witchcraft--History--to 1500.
BF1569 / .B35 2003
133.4/3/09409024
Battling demons : witchcraft, heresy, and reform in the late Middle Ages / Michael D. Bailey. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2003. - xii, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The magic in history series . - Magic in history. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index.
Introduction: Witchcraft, heresy, and reform in the fifteenth century -- The life of Johannes Nider -- Witchcraft in the writings of Johannes Nider -- The threat of heresy : Hussites, free spirits, and beguines -- Reform of the orders, reform of the religious spirit -- The reform of the Christian world : Johannes Nider's Formicarius -- Witchcraft and reform -- Conclusion: Witchcraft and the world of the late Middle Ages -- Appendix I: Chronology of Nider's life and datable works -- Appendix II: Dating of Nider's major works used in this study -- Appendix III: Manuscript copies of Nider's treatises.
0271022256 (alk. paper) 0271022264 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2002010394
Nider, Johannes, approximately 1380-1438.
Witchcraft--History--to 1500.
BF1569 / .B35 2003
133.4/3/09409024