{"product_id":"the-arras-witch-treatises-magic-in-history-sourcebooks","title":"The Arras Witch Treatises (Magic in History Sourcebooks) edited and translated by Andrew Gow, Robert B. Desjardins, and François V. Pageau (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2016) Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndrew Gow, Robert B. Desjardins, and François V. Pageau, editors and  translators. \u003cem\u003eThe Arras Witch Treatises: \u003cspan\u003eJohannes Tinctor's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvectives contre la secte de vauderie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecollectio casus, status et condicionis Valdensium ydolatrarum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by the Anonymous of Arras (1460), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eMagic in History Sourcebooks. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2016. Paperback. 168 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription from the publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the first complete and accessible English translation of two major source texts—Tinctor’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the anonymous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecollectio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—that arose from the notorious Arras witch hunts and trials in the mid-fifteenth century in France. These writings, by the “Anonymous of Arras” (believed to be the trial judge Jacques du Bois) and the intellectual Johannes Tinctor, offer valuable eyewitness perspectives on one of the very first mass trials and persecutions of alleged witches in European history. More importantly, they provide a window onto the early development of witchcraft theory and demonology in western Europe during the late medieval period—an entire generation before the infamous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWitches’ Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e appeared.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for the classroom,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arras Witch Treatises\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eincludes a reader-friendly introduction situating the treatises and trials in their historical and intellectual contexts. Scholars, students, and others interested in the occult will find these translations invaluable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Arras Witch Treatises in Context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnonymous of Arras,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of the Case, State and Condition of Waldensian Heretics (Witches)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohannes Tinctor,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTreatise Against the Sect of Waldensians (Witches)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcane Offerings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48093923934378,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/8407\/1082\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_056b6af1-d30a-412b-9afc-b180ea0245cf.jpg?v=1773097230","url":"https:\/\/arcaneofferings.com\/products\/the-arras-witch-treatises-magic-in-history-sourcebooks","provider":"Arcane Offerings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}