The Salazar Documents: Inquisitor Alonso de Salazar Frías and Others on the Basque Witch Persecution
Biographical note
Gustav Henningsen, MA (1962) in Folklore, Dr. Phil. (1981), University of Copenhagen. Research Director at the Danish Folklore Archives (1962-2002). He is a leading figure in the International Renaissance of Inquisition Studies and his book The Witches' Advocate (1980) on the Spanish inquisitor Salazar has become a classic.
Readership
All those interested in intellectual history, Renaissance Humanism, the history of philosophy, moral panics regarding child abuse, dream epidemics, witchcraft, the Spanish Inquisition, to include legal historians, criminologists, forensic psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, folklorists, hispanists.
Reviews
'This is definitely a fine, innovative book.'
José Pedro Paiva, Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion, 2005.
‘This helpful book outlines the skeptical attitude toward witchcraft expressed by a part of the ecclesiastical hierarchies; moreover it portrays religious and cultural life in the Basque Provinces during the first part of the seventeenth century.’
MichaelaValente, Universita degli studi del Molise, Sixteenth Century Journal
José Pedro Paiva, Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion, 2005.
‘This helpful book outlines the skeptical attitude toward witchcraft expressed by a part of the ecclesiastical hierarchies; moreover it portrays religious and cultural life in the Basque Provinces during the first part of the seventeenth century.’
MichaelaValente, Universita degli studi del Molise, Sixteenth Century Journal
Table of contents
Preface
Note on Editorial Principles and the Translation
Abbreviations and Conventions
List of Illustrations
PART ONE: THE CONTEXT
The Salazar Documents
The Witchcraft Policy of the Spanish Inquisition
The Return of the Witch-Burning
The Mountains of Navarra
The Basque Witch-Craze
The Interpretation of Witchcraft
PART TWO: THE DOCUMENTS
1. The Discovery of Witchcraft
2. The Disclosures of the Jesuit
3. The Recommendations of the Bishop
4. The Instructions of the Inquisition Council
5. The Investigations of Inquisitor Salazar
6. From the Battle over the Witches
7. The Final Resolution
Bibliography
Index (names, places, subjects)
Note on Editorial Principles and the Translation
Abbreviations and Conventions
List of Illustrations
PART ONE: THE CONTEXT
The Salazar Documents
The Witchcraft Policy of the Spanish Inquisition
The Return of the Witch-Burning
The Mountains of Navarra
The Basque Witch-Craze
The Interpretation of Witchcraft
PART TWO: THE DOCUMENTS
1. The Discovery of Witchcraft
2. The Disclosures of the Jesuit
3. The Recommendations of the Bishop
4. The Instructions of the Inquisition Council
5. The Investigations of Inquisitor Salazar
6. From the Battle over the Witches
7. The Final Resolution
Bibliography
Index (names, places, subjects)
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