The Witch and the Weather: Fear of Weather Magic in German Sixteenth-Century Neue Zeitungen

Since the 1990s, there has been much scholarly interest in the correlation between the Little Ice Age and witchcraft prosecutions in early modern Germany. This connection warrants further attention, however, as bad weather did not simply lead to witchcraft prosecutions. Fear of witches and weather m...

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Main Author: Warfield, Abaigéal (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. [2019]
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 50, Issue: 4, Pages: 1101-1128
RelBib Classification:AZ New religious movements
CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBB German language area
NBH Angelology; demonology
Further subjects:B Fear
B Witchcraft
B GERMAN history, 1517-1648
B Violence against
B LITTLE Ice Age
B Trials (Witchcraft)
B WEATHER in folklore
B Witches
B JOURNALISM; History