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Friedrich Spee e a sua crítica à bruxaria

2004; UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MARINGÁ; Volume: 26; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4025/actascihumansoc.v26i1.1572

1807-8656

Pauline Oesterle,

Historical Economic and Social Studies

This study presents one of the most famous critics of the witches’ hunt: the German jesuit Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591/1635). He published anonymously, in 1631, his famous work Cautio Criminalis. In this, he contests juridically the legality of the law-suits against the witches. The witches’ hunt has gradually come to an end since the publishing of Cautio Criminalis.