Reading: Cohn, Europe's Inner Demons, Ch 1 (on stereotype), pp. 1-15;
                                                                   Ch 8 (on Margaret Murray), pp. 144-161
                         Levack, Ch 1 "Introduction,"  3rd edition, pp. 1-29   (2cd ed pp. 1-26)

      W  9/27  Introduction to course:  What was witchcraft?  Who was a witch?
            Basic Themes: 1) witch beliefs vs witch trials  2) learned vs popular levels of witch belief
      Th 9/28   Witchcraft as a belief system: anthropological approaches  
                                       Definition of terms: witchcraft, magic, sorcery, superstition
      F  9/29  SECTION DISCUSSION: Cohn, Ch 1 and 8, also Purkiss Handout #1

PART I.  EUROPEAN WITCH BELIEFS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE REFORMATION

WEEK 2  Reading: Levack, Ch 2, "Intellectual Foundations," 3rd edition, pp.  30-73;     (2cd ed pp. 27-67)
                                  Kors and Peters (2cd ed), pp. 42-47 (Augustine), 60-67 (Canon Episcopi),
                                                                                   81-86 (St. Justina), 115-132 (Vox in Rama)
                                   Cohn, Europe's Inner Demons, Ch 2 (on Devil), pp. 16-34
                                                                                    Ch 3-4 (on demonization of heretics), pp. 35-78      
                                                                                    Ch 9 (on night-witch/striga), pp. 162-180

  M 10/2   The Problem of evil: Judaic, Classical and Christian versions
                        READ: selections from Book of Job (Handout #2), and  Augustine, K&P 42-47
  Tu 10/3      Christianity and Paganism: the conversion of Europe:
                        READ:  K&P, 81-86 (St. Justina)
  W  10/4       Early medieval witchcraft legislation (Handout #3) and Canon Episcopi
                        EXPLANATION AND DISCUSSION OF FIRST PAPER TOPICS
  Th 10/5       13th C Heresy and the medieval  Inquisition
  F  10/6  SECTION DISCUSSION:    What did people believe about witches in early Middle Ages?
              READING:  Early witchcraft legislation (Handout);  Canon Episcopi, K&P pp. 60-67;
                                  Cohn Chap. 9 (on night witch or striga)

   Tuesday October 10  FIRST SHORT PAPER DUE (2 pp)  see last page of syllabus

   WEEK 3    Reading: Levack Ch 3 Legal Foundation, 3^rd ed, pp. 74-108 (2cd ed, pp. 68-99);
                                     Cohn, Europe's Inner Demons, Ch 6-7  (on ritual magic), 103-143
                                     Kors & Peters, pp. 133-37 (Bernardino), 180-204  (Malleus on women)          

    M  10/9      Scholasticism and Demonology:  Thomas Aquinas on demons
    T   10/10    Sorcery and Politics in 14th  Century Europe
    W  10/11    Scapegoating: Demonization of the Jews
    Th 10/12    Women in Middle Ages: Attitudes and images  (SLIDES)
    F   10/13    SECTION DISCUSSION: What image of women emerges in sermons, treatises? 
                      READING: Bernadino of Siena against women sorcerers: K&P, 133-137

                                        Malleus Maleficarum on women as witches: K&P, 180-204

 WEEK 4   Reading:  Kors & Peters, pp. 204-229 (Malleus on trial procedure)
                                            pp. 155-159 (Nider), 176-180 (Papal Bull)
                                 Cohn, Europe's Inner Demons, Ch 11-12 (witch hunt), pp 202-233

   M 10/16    Growth of witch trials & witch theory in 15th century
                                Read Nider, Formicarius in K&P, pp. 155-159
  T 10/17    The Inquisitor as Witch Hunter: Kramer and Sprenger, O.P.
                                Read Innocent VIII, Papal Bull Summis desiderantes K&P, 176-180
   W 10/18    Malleus Maleficarum, 1486: Theory & practice of witch-hunting
   Th 10/19    MIDTERM REVIEW Learned vs popular elements of witch beliefs & trials - 15th C.
   Fr 10/20    Discussion: Malleus on how to conduct a witch trial: K&P, 204-229; Review for Midterm

Weekend of 10/21-22: Start reading Doctor Faustus if you have time; not on midterm
                                       but it will be  discussed in section Fri 10/27;

WEEK V
M 10/23 MIDTERM EXAM (BRING BLUE BOOKS)
                              covers lectures and reading material through Week 4

Reading:       Kors & Peters, pp. 239-45, 259-270; Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
                       Levack, Ch. 4 "Impact of Reformation," 3^rd ed, pp. 109-133, (2cd ed. pp. 100-124)

    T 10/24     Natural magic in the Renaissance learned tradition
    W 10/25    SLIDE LECTURE: Images of demons in l5-l6th C. art
    Th 10/26   Reformation theology & the myth of Faust
    Fr 10/27    SECTION DISCUSSION: Marlowe's Doctor Faustus

WEEK VI        Reading:        *Xerox Packet: #l Weyer, Bodin & Brenz;
                         Levack, Ch 5-6, 3^rd ed, pp 134-203, (2cd ed pp. 125-184)
                         Kors & Peters (2cd ed), pp. 281-302 (Weyer & Bodin), 394-401 (Reginald Scot), 302-308 (Chelmsford)

    M 10/30      Impact of the Reformation on European witch beliefs
    T 10/31       16th century witch debate: Weyer, Bodin, Brenz, & Scot    [Halloween] 
    W 11/1        English witch trials: a separate case? Handout on English statutes    READ: K&P Chelmsford trials, pp.302-8
    Th 11/2       Matthew Hopkins: the “Witchfinder General” and the English Civil War
    Fr 11/3       SECTION DISCUSSION: 16th century witch debate: Weyer, Bodin, Brenz, & Scot

WEEK 7         Reading:     Kors & Peters, pp  345-55, 359-67, 425-29;
                                         Levack Ch 7, 3^rd ed pp. 204-252 (2cd ed pp. 185-232); 
                                         Xerox Packet: Selections #3 - 5 Germany, France & Italy

     M  11/6     Scottish witch hunt and King James Stuart (VI & I) Read K&P,  Scotland 318-322
      T  11/7     The German witch panic  READ XEROX PACKET, #3 Germany (Trial of Walpurga Hausmannin)
     W  11/8     German witch panic (cont.)  READ K&P, pp  348-55 (Bamberg, Wurzburg, Bonn), 425-429 (von Spee)
     Th 11/9     Witch trials in France and Switzerland    READ K&P, 345-48 (Marie Cornu), 359-367 (Suzanne Gaudry)
    Fr 11/10     HOLIDAY:   READ BOYER AND NISSENBAUM   

 WEEK 8        Reading:  Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed;  XEROX PACKET #7 SALEM (Medical theories)
                                           Kors & Peters, 367-70 (Cotton Mater), 436-37 (Salem jurors)       

    M  11/13      Possession and exorcism in France, England and Italy
     T  11/14      Puritan New England and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692
    W  11/15      Salem village: The social context of witchcraft accusations
    Th 11/16      Salem village witch trials: theological and procedural issues; historical interpretations
                        READ: XEROX PACKET #7 SALEM (Medical theories)

    Fr 11/17       SECTION DISCUSSION:   Boyer & Nissenbaum,  Salem Possessed:  What happened at Salem?         

 WEEK 9      Reading: Ginzburg, Night Battles, pp 1-39, 69-97, 147-171 

    M  11/20       Roman Inquisition trials in Italy: heresy versus "superstition" & witchcraft and benandanti
    T  11/21        Benandanti as “counter-witches”  READ: Ginzburg, Night Battles, pp 1-39, 147-171; Packet O’Neil  article
    W  11/22       Spain: The Basque trials and the Spanish Inquisition
                                     READ: K&P, Salazar, 407-419; XEROX PACKET #6 SPAIN (Henningsen)
    Th 11/23-24   THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY: NO CLASS

WEEK 10       Reading:     Levack, Ch 8, 3^rd ed, pp. 252-288 (2cd ed 233-260);
                                            XEROX PACKET: #8 Skeptics; Kors & Peters, pp. 402-406, 429-435, 438-444

    ** SECOND PAPER DUE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29^TH AT LECTURE **

    M  11/27             Late witch trials: Scandinavia and Eastern Europe
    T  11/28             SLIDE LECTURE: The image of the witch in European art
    W  11/29            Skepticism, materialism and the Scientific Revolution
    Th 11/30            The decline of witch trials: Judicial doubts and rules of evidence
    Fr 12/1               SECTION DISCUSSION:  :    Why did Europe stop believing in witches?
                                                READ: XEROX PACKET #8 Skeptics (Cyrano & Malebranche)
                                                             Kors & Peters, pp. 402-06 (Montaigne), 429-35 (Bekker), 438-444 (Bayle)

    WEEK 11      Reading: Levack, Ch 9 3^rd ed, pp. 289-308     [on e-reserve for those with 2cd edition]

    M  12/4               Historical Postscript: l8th C. Rationalism & 19th C. Romanticism
    T  12/5                20th C Anthropological & feminist interpretations; "Witch revivals"
    W  12/6             “Witch-hunting" analogues: 1) McCarthyism 2) child abuse cases
    Th 12/7               Conclusion: chronology, geography & explanations for witch trials
    Fri 12/8              EXAM REVIEW IN SECTION

FINAL EXAM: THURSDAY DECEMBER 14   8:30-10:20 IN REGULAR CLASSROOM