Witch Trials in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

This book explores witchcraft accusations as bizarre and violent reflections of the tensions, fears, and fantasies within one of Early Modern Europe’s most culturally diverse societies.At the crossroads of Latin and post-Byzantine traditions, Western and Eastern Christianity, and the forces of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania offers a rare perspective on the Ea...