Keywords: Malleus Maleficarum, infanticide, metamorphosis, witchcraft, Witchcraft in sixteenth century, What caused the witch craze in Europe, Witch hunt in Europe, Witch trials Early modern Europe is known for its climate of fear as highlighted by the moral panics surrounding the witch trials (Roberts and Naphy, 1997, p. 1). Repeated war and death from disease… Continue reading Witches in Sixteenth-Century Germany: The belief in witches, what they were accused of and why
Keywords: volvelle, Reformation, Wheel of Fortune, false piety, Peace of Augsburg In 1556, Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525–1571) designed an interactive and satirical woodcut in 1556 using a volvelle with the title: Die wechselnden Gesichter der Kirche (‘The Changing Faces of the Church’). Another volvelle, with a similar image, was printed in 1620. A volvelle… Continue reading Using Interactive Prints in Reformation Polemical Prints
Keywords: werewolves, Thirty Years’ War, soldiers, greed, human-animal hybrids Times of war had been shown to increase the rate of wolf attacks as wolves became attracted to the corpses left on the battlefield. This would have led to wolves becoming habituated with humans, becoming less fearful and more likely to attack as episodes in recent… Continue reading Soldiers as the Metaphorical Beasts of War during the Thirty Years’ War
Dana K Rehn 