The Basque Witch-Hunt: A Secret History

by Jan Machielsen

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In June 1609, two judges left Bordeaux for a territory at the very edge of their jurisdiction, a Basque-speaking province on the Atlantic coast called the Pays de Labourd. In four months, they executed up to 80 women and men for the crime of witchcraft, causing a wave of suspects to flee into Spain and sparking terror there. Witnesses, many of them children, described lurid tales of cannibalism, vampirism, and demonic sex. One of the judges,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1350441503

ISBN13:9781350441507

Release Date:October 2024

Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic

Length:344 Pages

Weight:1.49 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"

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