CHANGE TO SYLLABUS FOR NOV-DEC 2006

Week 7
Fri 11/10 Holiday: NO SECTIONS

Weekend reading: Ginzburg, Night Battles, pp 1-39, 69-97, 147-171

Week 8
M 11/13 Possession and exorcism in France, England & Italy
             Xerox packet: O'Neil article "Sacerdote ovvero Strione"

T 11/14 Roman Inquisition trials in Italy: heresy vs "superstition" vs w/c
            Xerox packet: O'Neil article "Magical Healing" 

W 11/15 Benandanti as “counter-witches”: Ginzburg Night Battles

Th 11/16 Spain: The Basque trials and the Spanish Inquisition
           K&P, Salazar, 407-419; Xerox packet #6 SPAIN (Henningsen)

Fri 11/17 SECTION: Comparative witch trials: England, Germany, France
               How to read and analyze witch trial documents, including
               the benandanti

Week 9 Reading: Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed;
           Xerox packet #7 Salem (Medical theories)
           Kors & Peters, 367-70 (Cotton Mater), 436-37 (Salem jurors)

M 11/20  Puritan New England and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692
T 11/21   Salem village: The social context of witchcraft accusations
W 11/22 Salem village witch trials:
              theological and procedural issues; historical interpretations

Th -Fri 11/23-24 NO CLASS: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY:
              Finish reading: Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed

Week 10-11 Lectures same as original schedule

Reading: Levack, Ch 8, 3rd ed, pp. 252-288 (2cd ed 233-260);
 Xerox packet #8 Skeptics; K&P, pp. 402-406, 429-435, 438-444

Week 10

** SECOND PAPER DUE WEDNESDAY NOV 29TH AT LECTURE **

Fr 12/1 SECTION DISCUSSION: Boyer & Nissenbaum,
              Salem Possessed: What happened at Salem?

Week 11
Fri 12/8 EXAM REVIEW IN SECTION, plus discussion of skeptics