{"product_id":"witch-craze-terror-and-fantasy-in-baroque-germany","title":"Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the gruesome ogress in Hansel and Gretel to the hags at the sabbath in Faust  the witch has been a powerful figure of the Western imagination. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries thousands of women confessed to being witchesof making pacts with the Devil  causing babies to sicken  and killing animals and cropsand were put to death. This book is a gripping account of the pursuit  interrogation  torture  and burning of witches during this period and beyond. Drawing on hundreds of original trial transcripts and other rare sources in four areas of Southern Germany  where most of the witches were executed  Lyndal Roper paints a vivid picture of their lives  families  and tribulations. She also explores the psychology of witch-hunting  explaining why it was mostly older women that were the victims of witch crazes  why they confessed to crimes  and how the depiction of witches in art and literature has influenced the characterization of elderly women in our own culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965052678197,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300103352","price":218.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300103359.jpg?v=1770487506","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/witch-craze-terror-and-fantasy-in-baroque-germany","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}