Nicholas Savin, Inquisitor of Metz

In 1519, Nicholas Savin, the Inquisitor of Metz, brought charges of witchcraft against a woman whose mother had been burned as a witch. Savin argued that, as the daughter of a witch, the accused woman was obviously either the offspring of an incubus, or was at least devoted to Satan at birth, and thus deserved to die (Sidky 45).

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Nicholas Savin, Inquisitor of Metz copyrighted 1998 to Shantell Powell.