Witchcraft narratives in Germany

Looks at why witch-trials failed to gain momentum and escalate into ''witch-crazes'' in certain parts of early modern Europe. Examines the rich legal records of the German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a city which experienced a very restrained pattern of witch-trials and just one execution for witchcraft between 1561 and 1652. Explores the social and psychological conflicts that lay behind th...