Excerpt from The Six Bookes of a Commonweale Whether {here he my Meme to know ehe chahhge: and to chaimee metro commonwedes. That it immoft denngerom thing at one end the time to chaunge' the F orme Lewes land-cnﬂo'n'zee of 4 teammate. Whethert't he hetter in a Commonw'm/e to hang the h/e,or elfe perpetnnd. Whether the mnztze and concord r the commonwenle,' or'nat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Six Bookes of a Commonweale (Classic Reprint)

Religion & Spirituality

Jean Bodin

New Age & Spirituality

Forgotten Books

Six Books of the Commonwealth

Blackwell*publishers

Jean Bodin's On the Demon-Mania of Witches (De la démonomanie des sorciers) was published in 1580 and quickly became one of the most widely read and translated works on witchcraft in Europe. Bodin (1529/30-1596), a lawyer and scholar, was greatly admired by his contemporaries. His works on politics, history and religion, especially his encyclopaedic Les six livres de la république (1576), contributed ideas and theories that have continued to attract the attention of researchers in a wide range of disciplines. The Demon-Mania is a passionately argued treatise on the reality and dangers of magic and witchcraft, which Bodin saw as a growing threat to the state. His treatise also makes detailed recommendations to judges for the effective prosecution of witchcraft cases. Professor Pearl's introduction to the text situates it in the full context of Bodin's thought and the historical experience of his age. The notes by the editors give the reader access to Bodin's vast network of theological, classical, historical and legal sources. The Demon-Mania, appearing here in its first English translation, provides sharp insights into the mentality of a complex and bitterly divided age.

On the Demon-Mania of Witches (Renaissance and Reformation Texts in Translation, No. 7)

History

Europe

Centre for Reformation and Ren

Les Six Livres de la République (Classic Reprint)

Los seis libros de la república

Ediciones Orbis

Methodus ad facilem historiarum cognitionem

Scuola Normale Superiore

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