Documents of the Witchcraze


[Folkloric witch motif] Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
Hover through the fog and the filthy air!

-- Macbeth

Disclaimer

This is NOT a page about Wiccans or neo-pagans, and I do not advocate the belief that Wiccans are Satan-worshippers and/or baby-killers. I am well aware that they are not. This is a starting point for historical research into the great witch craze of 1100-1700 AD. And please, don't ask me for spells.


  • Court Records Vs. Individual Experience: A Trial at Bamberg. This is a poignant comparison between the court's version of trial and one man's personal experience of it.
  • The Damnable Life and Death of Stubbe Peeter. The 1590 London chapbook account of the trial and execution of Peter Stubb, werewolf.
  • 15th Century Witchcraft Documents. Contains Innocent VIII's Bull, Summis desiderantes from Dec. 5th, 1484, Johannes Nider's The Ant Hill from circa 1437, and extracts from The Hammer of Witches [Malleus Maleficarum] from 1486.
  • Folklore and Witchcraft. Some popular stories around the time of the witch trials. (Updated October 20, 1998)
  • Holy Orders. A darkly comic look at what could happen if a witch hunter was alive and "well" today. Fiction.
  • Personal Experiences With the Witch Craze. This is what has happened to me, my friends, and my neighbours.
  • Thou Must Not Suffer a Woman to Live. Misogyny and why women shed sexuality in order to survive.

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