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0g THEVATCHHUIT IW EARLY HOOERH EUROPE Brad (guack- Wotel-hualS is eae Maden Fuga 88 Lame: Fm God p71 CHAETER] he Ln Fue Sh. Cleo sbi ching: 177.029 Ttle CHAPTERS ody inh exc 3 oc rte mcr CU 6 ere force cours 9 prc othe el commsons, Code Spo hes es 5 percent rth oscar Cou 2875 er en ks somo bt doe nt fet ge fr he ce es “hows up thon neces with hse ened by pe depts ede nh Seu Cn on Schon (102 out 178 tas) By coms heoncomesofely fe The nt by al somnsenert ae haown. The Rpts he cca um tection en when compared ae compare Bes [er gen) Ec ma tho on poe nthe Severe ‘ty the wis ane coming mend (2087) THE IMPACT OF THE ~ REFORMATION ue Fomacon of the cumuve cone of wicheraf andthe various legal developments described ia the lat chapter made the Earopean witch tanto the feet, sent and seventeen ceaaiespssible 1 1 eis re cn ng hf hai. these inlet and lal developmen had no occured, hes the hunt sig tte 1 Saburgh 203 ey. 15-98 ‘would ot have taken place, mt at nthe form ad inthe maga hat ne iter Mech, Hamp m4 {ha These preconditions dont however, provide complete xual expla- . ‘ain ofthe ant. They ee, nv oter words, necessary bt not sulficent 28 Somer Wao on franc Surtek 18, ase ofthe procs thet claimed the fer of thousands of Earopeans. In ‘On fe ola exlson of ethan. sch ess ee ‘td oacheveafulerundertanding of tehun we musexplrte lg Voter Hernpazese und Heshgece a echt poche ‘on otal and economic conditions fa preva i ely nadern Europe ot nt Innemeerng von Hexomerlnge i vps ‘These conditons ceed an environmen in wick the hating of witches tnGehprac p #75-523. wer not merely posse bu sist pur. They encouraged people Behn. ace Pan eer This ober was abou a ot Ine in witcher crated tensions th fen found expression in wich om tcuton per capa ss in Sond (ft sections, ad svenghened the determination of bth he rling 92 Hemingen With Ada p18. Teer Roper Wier 1 ‘ec andthe oman people ro proscut:Indvial Fr this rine. These ‘Brgy, Comanie of ei p14: HE Naess ‘Nrway. The ering Conditions therefore oecopy 2 cond lel of esation of the European com Ea ede Barger Washo 379-80 ‘otc hunt. They were neither neesary preconditions nor suficientes, 19. W fame, Bae rend ex Ser Secchi bi they di serve ony he proce of wich-huning They 0 help nd hrmera Meeps, 15°46 age 197) tocepaa why te han occured hen 94, mer Hand Regine Osi, 198) p89 conser te ite “The pupa of his chapters to explore the ways in which he profound Sno oe of i cal en sont Fh i ‘terhuneng ‘gud tok pe nel en Eve SE the growth of witli The most importa ofthese changes was the Reformation, the movement hat shat the exesbe unity of medieval Chest. The main objective ofthe ely roestnt reformer, such {Sarin tet, Jan Cavin, Huei Zing aad Morn Bact, was 1 Sethe Sr su Cin nn ot. ee (io often aetna Tron ofthe cranes cited ‘Sr deenizally seed the Reman Cathoic mas and changed the roe of thelr. They probed te atonony ofthe indian conscience and ‘of the cletical and angelic intermediaries Wat Medieval Cathobcism had Cable ewes hen, They oped the es th ecb 3 tg arco wong ee wih te dcioes Ct te Renan Cala Church thre of hat Che form cl fd the inboard scrips fr pps autho iy Ie them trek with Rome and to esl independent Protetane charts inmany cases encouraged the esas mene oroxesu tac hurcheef the Roman ld. Pownce the dominant ion i amy Fr of vay, Sizer an the Low Couric: in England, Sctund andthe Scandinavian kingdoms: and in certain es oF Fane, Hangar and Poli “The recs af he Protetane Reformation eacoraged the grout of ssfoem movement thin Catholic This movemeny, which we re | {the Cente Reformation of Catholic Reformation mt engstanding ‘kenand by Catoic cis and lyen to bring about frm without eseopingtbesractrcfthe Chueh, cana therefore be viewed inp ts anegtve repo othe ri of Protea; ded soins cn Be traced tthe pe Reformation period Thema oath: Cathe rfoemers ‘weet elimi corupion within the Church, to eds the ley. 12 ‘espe snd sehen he ath of th ty, an to ream the allegiance of those inden and communis that ad ben Lt 0 Proestaniom The (CountrRetormation achieved» rig estore of cere Under the Ene of he apy, te Chorch ircBRCE TET adie snd Irgiilctnges many of which were authored by he Count of Trent{ 1545.47, 1951-82, 1562-63} Misionanc fom the ney ormed Socety a susand other religious orders helped to reconter Protestants in many pats ef Europe. weeks ours msintined theologies thadoxy and oral propeay nominal Cabs. Malar ocet om Catholic ovis waged war agains Protestants in amare of in al end iteration cones, the mest igen of which wee the wars in rane athe lt scat entry an the Ty Yeas Warn te eiey seventh cantar. Ae set of ll thi stv, pa of Germany, ‘sri, Bohems Plan, Hungary and the Low Counties reed 0 the Cathlild wtile other ates remained Prot "The period coring which lof thi fern acti an conic tok ace the age ofthe Reformation panned thers 1520-1680 Sethe {eatin th period when wie-htng Was mot ini, me histo: lanshave camel tarde Refomanon served the ase othe ene European wich, I cera re that sone places the forces Chleshed by the Reformation nd Covnte Relormaton did sere the mrs exalt witch-ening would unvie, bovever ete ‘he Earopean witches Tm, sce witch Fang bean sla Hades er lore Lather ise theses tothe cose church ar Witney During eee yeatsof the Reto trun reve 420 1540 thor we any fw wera froscctons Europes kis dict wo etblah cet cus anne {on betwen da two development Rd, the tier fe Europe ‘to heat vo dead ofthe eighteenth emt het han- ‘hes of witches were sil being prseeted in Planet idea speak ‘of ihe the Reformation 9° the Ctet-Reformain 353 contempariry rely I more reatnabe flim, hector that he Reformation 3 Counter Reformation sed 1 ines the procera witch hunting 2nd perhaps helped th a oped fram place to place “The question of cou xt fre Refit conebued othe sont the ft sseng th question is important that we sy the elfecs ofboth the Protestant andthe Catholic elomations. The main reson for sdoping tht comprehensive approach hur extensive wich tmting took place in bth Protea and Catholic Inds. Comparisons betwee he numbers of witcher tected Catholic and Protestant ator ies amen obscure thi frame cc may be te that Catholes ‘rected more witches in souhwetern Geran than dd Protests jut {the oppose may be te in western Swatzran Fay alo be tue hat there ae eigios explanations For thee dsrparte The important con Sideration, however, ha age wich tsi lage than any ‘hat hd ected before 1500 ~wook ple nal oF ese seas during the Reformation es The mee fic, veo that roezans ok the kad in| prosecuting witches in ome aes wile Catholics i 0m others ea fren that we ok tthe ets a oh formations Asti he two eer faitons which were to vme exten ileent manisaions ofthese [eet Eropeanwiderelgousrcvval-had many snfarfiectson with y / Fming? Protea and Catholic formers dd feral share any ofthe, ‘aie wich Bele and exited sla desitet expat wich? ‘Approaching the subject in hr broad way. we shallpusue vee separate lies of enqry. Fi, we sally thot changes a reiiusaudes and paces daring the ag othe Reformation tht eacoraged the row nd pesene of witeh asin. Some of hee changer were more ready Spores in Protein than in Catholic eclesfo the simple eso tht the Proves Reformation was ore rad tha the Cathe Ba there Vs THE Sttew-hunt te BARLs WoDERY FpOeE cient evidence tha the changes were not confined to Protestant es, Secondly. we sll explore he ways i whic reli cone Reon Progeamizm nd Cato, ado lez extent beeen the lle

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