TY - BOOK ID - 586169 TI - Demons of urban reform : early European witch trials and criminal justice, 1430-1530 PY - 2011 SN - 9781403986832 1403986835 1349541052 9786613097378 0230309046 1283097370 PB - Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan, DB - UniCat KW - Esoteric sciences KW - Christian dogmatics KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - anno 1400-1499 KW - Europe KW - Witchcraft KW - History KW - Witchcraft - Europe, Central - History - 16th century KW - Witchcraft - Europe, Central - History - To 1500 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:586169 AB - "This book illuminates the origins of the great European witch hunts by placing early witch trials in the comparative light of other criminal proceedings in Basel, Lucerne and Nuremberg. The study reveals that the increasingly harsh treatment was paralleled by mounting judicial severity in general, as well as by a keen interest in social control"-- ER -