Magic and witchcraft court cases on Czech territory
in late medieval times and early modern era. A state of the art Cover Image

K transferu vědomostí v kouzelnických a čarodějnických procesech v českých zemích v pozdním středověku a v raném novověku
Magic and witchcraft court cases on Czech territory in late medieval times and early modern era. A state of the art

Author(s): Petr Kreuz
Subject(s): History, Middle Ages, Modern Age
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: witchcraft; trials; Johannes Butzbach; Czech territory; late medieval times; early modern period; demonology writing; Higher Court in Prague

Summary/Abstract: The paper brings a proposition of a transfer and presentation of different formsof reception of knowledge about witchcraft trials and court cases on harmful magic andwitches from Czech land in medieval and early modern period. First part of the paper isbased on the Writing of the wandering (Lat. Hodoporicon) by German Benedictine monkJohannes Butzbach (1477–1516). Second part consists of observations about demonologywritings and books and treaties on magic from the 16th and 17th centuries Czech bookcollections. Third part of the paper includes analysis of magical delinquency from Czechlands in the 16th and 17th centuries. Court cases from Higher Court in Prague from secondand third decade of the 17th century are discussed here

  • Issue Year: 53/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 83-106
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Czech