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INTRODUCTION

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I.

THE THEORY OF WITCH-PERSECUTION.

1. The Nature and Reality of Witchcraft

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2. The Duty of Persecution

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II.

THE BEGINNING OF THE WITCH-PERSECUTIONS.

1. Witch-persecution in the earlier fifteenth century

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2. The Witch-Bull of 1484

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3. The Witch-Hammer

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III.

THE WITCH-PERSECUTION AT TRIER.

1. The Scope of the Persecution

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2. The Recantation of Loos

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IV.

THE WITCH-PERSECUTION AT BONN

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V.

THE WITCH-PERSECUTION IN SCOTLAND

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VI.

THE WITCH-PERSECUTION AT BAMBERG

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VII.

THE WITCH-PERSECUTION AT WÜRZBURG

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VIII.

THE METHODS OF THE WITCH-PERSECUTIONS

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IX.

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

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