Lecture outlines 2011

               DISCUSSION: Christopher Marlowe's play, Doctor Faustus
               Read Marlowe's play (Wootton edition, pp. 1-66; this edition also contains
                The English Faust Book which is not assigned but may be used for optional second paper topic)

READING FOR TUESDAY CLASS: Brenz on Hailstorms, Weyer versus Bodin debate

TUES      16th C. and   Impact of Reformation on Witch Beliefs and Trials

                  The 16th C. Witchcraft Debate: Brenz, Weyer, Bodin, and Scot

                  Discussion: The 16th C. Witchcraft Debate

WEDS NO CLASS JULY 4TH

THUR English Witch Trials and Social Context of English village trials

English witchcraft statutes and Statistics on English Trials

FRI Witch Trials in Scotland

Witch Trials in France and Switzerland

Wk 4 July 9-13

MON

PART I: LECTURE NOTES FROM WEEKS 1 & 2

Week 1 June 18-22

Monday Handout #1 Terms and categories for the course

Religion, magic, witchcraft and sorcery

Tuesday The Problem of Evil: from Jewish Bible to early Christians

Christianity and Paganism: The conversion of Europe

1) Book of Job: Jewish statement of problem of evil Print out and read for Tuesday

2) Early medieval witch beliefs Handout in class Tuesday to be read for Wednesday

Weds    Early medieval witch beliefs in Church law and secular law:      ** For first paper topic**

              Accusatorial procedure and rise of inquisitorial procedure     New outline posted Weds

Thurs           13th C. Heresies: Catharism & Waldensians

                      13th C. Inquisition procedures; Conrad of Marburg & Vox in Rama     New outline posted Weds

CLASS DISCUSSION: Norman Cohn, Ch 1 & 8 major issues and 20th Century views of witchcraft

Fri 13th C: Scholasticism and Demonology: Thomas Aquinas on demons

Link to Aquinas' quaestio (question): Whether God exists?

Link to Aquinas on the production of woman

14th C: Sorcery and politics

Week 2 First short paper due Monday 6/25

Mon Scapegoating: Demonization of the Jews

Women in Middle Ages: Attitudes and images (SLIDES)

Tues 15th C. Witch Trials begin in Switzerland (later Italy, Burgundy (France)

Link to chart on 14-15th C. sorcery vs witch trials (Richard Kieckhefer)

Climactic Change from Middle Ages to 17th C.

Weds Kramer and Sprenger, Malleus Maleficarum 1487

DISCUSSION: What image of women emerges in sermons, treatises?

Thurs DISCUSSION: Malleus Maleficarum on how to try a witch

IN CLASS MIDTERM REVIEW print out and bring midterm review sheet

Fri 6/29 MIDTERM EXAM IN CLASS: no lecture following midterm.

WK 4

Mon Primary trial document: Trial of Walpurga Hausmann

Discussion of Witch Trial documents: England, France, Germany

Reading for this week: Kors and Peters, pp. 407-419 on Spain and Salazar

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Italy: O'Neil article on magical remedies in Italy (in xerox packet)

O'Neil article on superstition

The Basque Trials and the Spanish Inquisition

Italy: The Roman Inquisition: witchcraft, superstition

Discussion : The Benandanti: "those who walk well" (Friuli - NE Italy)

Reading:
Please note change in page numbers for Kors & Peters add 425-429 (429-35 optional)
               Levack, Ch 8, 3^rd ed, pp. 252-288 Ch 9 3^rd ed, pp. 289-308   (2cd ed 233-260);
               Kors & Peters, pp. 402-406 (Montaigne); pp. 425-429 (Von Spee), pp. 438-444 (Bayle)

Optional: Article by Lyndal Roper, "Witchcraft and Fantasy" -- will be discussed in lecture
                                                   and of interest for women, gender & psychological theories of w/c

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LECTURE OUTLINES BELOW THIS LINE ARE STILL TO BE UPDATED

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Salem Village Witches 1692

Puritan Intellectuals on Witchcraft

Why Women? Gender Issues & Statistics in European Witch Trials

Slide lecture: Demons and Witches in 16th Century European Art

Decline of witch trials

Critics and Skeptics: Scientific Revolultion & rejection of witch beliefs in 17th Century Europe

18-20th Century: What happened to witch beliefs after the end of witch trials?

i Discussion: Critics and Skeptics in 16-17th Century

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Articles from <History Today> on specific regions:

Christina Larner on Scotland and English

Monter France

Links to documents in xerox packet:

Article from <History Today> Midelfort on Germany

Readings on Salem: Medical and Psychological theories of witchcraft