WEEK 1 INTRODUCTION: THEMES, ISSUES, DEFINITION OF TERMS
Wk I 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)
Kors and Peters (2cd ed), pp. 42-47 (Augustine), 81-86
(St. Justina),
M 6/22 Introduction
to course: What was witchcraft? Who was a witch?
Basic
Themes: 1) witch beliefs versus witch trials 2) learned and popular levels
of witch belief
T 6/23 Witchcraft
as a belief system: anthropological approaches
Definition of terms: witchcraft, magic,
sorcery, superstition
W 6/24 Discussion: Cohn, Ch 1 and 8, also Purkiss Handout
#1
Th 6/25 The Problem of evil: Judaic, Classical and Christian versions
READ: selections from Book of Job (Handout #2),
and Augustine, K&P 42-47
F 6/26
Christianity and Paganism: the conversion of Europe:
READ: K&P, 81-86 (St. Justina)
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 60-67 (Canon Episcopi),
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 6-7 (on ritual magic), 103-143; Ch
9 (on night-witch/striga), pp. 162-180
M 6/29 Early
medieval witchcraft legislation (Handout #3) and Canon Episcopi
Discussion: Canon Episcopi, Kors & Peters, pp.
60-67; Cohn, Chap. . 9 (on night witch or striga)
FIRST PAPER TOPICS WILL BE EXPLAINED, 2-3 page paper Due
Wednesday July 8
T 6/30 13th
C Heresy and the medieval Inquisition
Read: Cohn, Ch 3-4 (on demonization of heretics), pp. 35-78
W 7/1 Scholasticism and Demonology: Thomas Aquinas on demons
Th 7/2 Sorcery
and Politics in 14th Century Europe
Read: Cohn, Europe's Inner Demons, Ch 6-7 (on ritual
magic), 103-143
F 7/3 FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY: NO CLASS MEETING
WEEK 3
Reading: Levack Ch 3 Legal Foundation, 3rd ed, pp. 74-108
(2cd ed, pp. 68-99);
Kors & Peters, pp. 133-37 (Bernardino), 180-204
(Malleus on women);
" Nider, Formicarius, pp.
155-159; Innocent VIII, Papal Bull Summis desiderantes, 176-180
** Wednesday July 8 FIRST SHORT PAPER DUE (2-3 pp)
M 7/6 Scapegoating: Demonization of the Jews
T 7/7 Women in Middle Ages: Attitudes and images SLIDE LECTURE
W 7/8 DISCUSSION:
What image of women emerges in sermons, treatises?
Read: Bernadino of Siena against women sorcerers: K&P,
133-137
Malleus Maleficarum on women
as witches: K&P, 180-204
Th 7/9 Growth
of witch trials & witch theory in 15th century
Read: Nider, Formicarius in K&P, pp. 155-159
F 7/10 The Inquisitor
as Witch Hunter: Kramer and Sprenger, O.P.
Read: : Innocent VIII, Papal
Bull Summis desiderantes K&P, 176-180
WEEK
4 Reading: Kors & Peters, pp. 204-229 (Malleus on trial procedure);.
155-159 (Nider), 176-180 (Papal Bull)
Cohn, Europe's Inner Demons, Ch 11-12 (witch hunt), pp 202-233
M 7/13 Malleus
Maleficarum, 1486: Theory & practice of witch-hunting
Read: Kors & Peters, pp. 204-229 (Malleus on
on how to conduct a witch trial)
MIDTERM FRIDAY 7/17 COVERS MATERIAL THROUGH MONDAY -- UP TO MALLEUS
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T 7/14 Natural magic in the Renaissance learned tradition
W 7/15 Images of demons in 15-16th C. art: SLIDE LECTURE
Th 7/16 Reformation theology & the myth of Faust: read Marlowe's Doctor Faustus over weekend
F 7/17 MIDTERM EXAM IN CLASS (BRING BLUE BOOKS) Covers material up to Malleus (through Monday 7/14)
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WEEKEND READING: Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
PART II: EUROPEAN WITCH PANIC OF THE 16TH & 17TH CENTURIES
Week 5 Reading:
Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (read this before Monday class)
Levack, Ch. 4 "Impact of Reformation," 3rd ed, pp. 109-133,
(2cd ed. pp. 100-124)
Ch 5-6, 3rd ed, pp 134-203, (2cd
ed pp. 125-184)
K&P (2cd ed), pp 259-265 (Luther); 281-302 (Weyer
& Bodin), -308 (Chelmsford)
* Xerox Packet: #l Weyer, Bodin & Brenz (will be
available during Week 4)
M 7/20 DISCUSSION: Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
T 7/21 Impact of the Reformation on European witch beliefs Read: Levack, Ch. 4; K&P Luther 259-165
W 7/22 DISCUSSION: 16th century witch debate: Weyer, Bodin, Brenz, & Scot – BRING XEROX PACKET
Th 7/23 English witch trials: a separate case? Handout on English statutes Read:: K&P Chelmsford trials, pp.302-8
F 7/24 Matthew Hopkins: the “Witchfinder General” and the English Civil War
WEEK 6
Reading: : Kors & Peters, witch trial documents:
pp 345-55, 359-67, 425-29
Levack Ch 7, 3rd ed pp. 204-252
(2cd ed pp. 185-232);
Xerox Packet: Selections #3 – 4 Germany,
France
Start reading Boyer and Nissenbaum for Week 7
M 7/27 Scottish witch hunt and King James Stuart (VI & I) Read K&P, Scotland 318-322
T 7/28 The German witch panic Read: XEROX PACKET, #3 Germany (Trial of Walpurga Hausmannin)
W 7/29 German witch panic (cont.) Read: K&P, pp 348-55 (Bamberg, Wurzburg, Bonn), 425-429 (von Spee)
Th 7/30 Witch trials in France and Switzerland Read: K&P, 345-48 (Marie Cornu), 359-367 (Suzanne Gaudry)
Fr 7/31 Possession
and exorcism in France, England and Italy
WEEK 7 Reading:
Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed; XEROX PACKET #7
Kors & Peters, 367-70 (Cotton
Mater), 436-37 (
M 8/3 Salem Witch Trials of 1692: The social context of witchcraft accusations
T 8/4 Individual appointments to discuss second paper topics: schedule will be distributed
W 8/5 Puritan New
England : theological and procedural issues; historical interpretations
Read: XEROX PACKET #7 SALEM (Medical theories)
Th 8/6 What led up to Salem trials? Discussion: Boyer and Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed Part
F 8/7
What happened at Salem? Discussion: Boyer
and Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed Part 2
Kors & Peters, 367-70 (Cotton
Mater), 436-37 (Salem jurors)
WEEK 8 Reading:
Xerox packet # 5 Italy: including benandanti material
from Ginzburg, Night Battles, pp 1-39, 69-97, 147-171
M 8/10 Roman Inquisition trials in Italy: heresy versus "superstition" & witchcraft and benandanti
T 8/11 Benandanti as “counter-witches” Read: Ginzburg, Night Battles, pp 1-39, 147-171; Packet O’Neil article
W 8/12 Spain: The
Basque trials and the Spanish Inquisition
Read: K&P, Salazar, 407-419;
XEROX PACKET #6 SPAIN (Henningsen)
Th 8/13 The decline of witch trials: Judicial doubts and rules of evidence
Fr 8/14 SECTION DISCUSSION: Boyer & Nissenbaum, Salem Possessed: What happened at Salem?
** SECOND PAPER DUE MONDAY AUGUST 17 TH IN CLASS**
WEEK
9 Reading: Levack, Ch 8-9, 3rd ed, pp. 252-308 (2cd ed 233-260);
XEROX PACKET #8 Skeptics
(Cyrano & Malebranche)
Kors & Peters, pp. 402-06 (Montaigne), 429-35 (Bekker),
438-444 (Bayle)
M 8/17 SLIDE LECTURE: The image of the witch in European art
T 8/18 Decline of witch beliefs: skepticism, materialism and the Scientific Revolution
W 8/19 18th -20th C: Romanticism, anthropological field work, feminism, neo-paganism
Th 8/20 Conclusion & review: chronology, geography & explanations for witch trials
F 8/21 FINAL EXAM IN CLASS