Course Notes for 2007-2008
FIRST UNIT - September / October, 2007
Klaits Introduction and Chapter One
Baroja - Magic and Religion in the Classical World
Innocent VIII, 1484 - The Witch Bull (spoken lecture, no notes)
SECOND UNIT - October / November / December, 2007
Klaits Chapter Three - Sexual Politics and Religious Reform in the Witch Craze
Anne Llewellyn Barstow - Controlling Women's Bodies: Violence and Sadism
Gratian, 1140 - A Warning to Bishops (no notes)
Gregory IX, 1232 - The Witches of Stedlingerlaud (no notes)
THIRD UNIT - January / February, 2008
Koenigsberger et al., 1968 - Christianity, Popular Culture, and Humanism
Klaits Chapter Four - The Beggar and the Midwife
Montaigne, 1572-1588 - Of Fear
Montaigne, 1572-1588 - Of Cripples
Montaigne, 1572-1588 - Of the Power of the Imagination
Review of Unit Three: study the above material, all of it, in detail.
FOURTH UNIT - February / March / April 2008
Klaits, Chapter 5: “The Possessed” (ONLY pages 104-119, the material we covered in class)
Aubin, “The Devils of Loudun” (ALL)
Spee, “A Jesuit Criticizes the Persecution” No download – spoken lecture (ALL)
Klaits, Chapter 6: “In the Torture Chamber – Legal Reform and Psychological Breakdown” (ALL)
Descartes, Discourse I, II, II, Meditations I, II (ALL)
***NO! You don't have to cover Klaits 7! We didn't do it in
class, it doesn't appear on this list.
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