{"product_id":"eradicating-the-devils-minions-anabaptists-and-witches-in-reformation-europe-1535-1600-paperback-softback-9781442610323","title":"Eradicating the Devil's Minions; Anabaptists and Witches in Reformation Europe, 1535-1600 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442610323","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEradicating the Devil's Minions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnabaptists and Witches in Reformation Europe, 1535-1600\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGary K. Waite (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442610323\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a religious sect, the Anabaptists were seen to practice unusual rituals and follow an eccentric set of beliefs. One story, for instance, purports that an Anabaptist prophet, claiming to have visited heaven, persuaded his followers to run naked through the streets of Amsterdam. Eradicating the Devil's Minions investigates these beliefs in the context of Reformation Europe, a time in which persecution, religious intolerance, and witch-hunting were rampant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing primarily on the Habsburg-controlled regions of Europe, Gary K. Waite argues that the persecution of Anabaptists did not go hand in hand with the outbreak of witch-hunts in the mid-sixteenth century. Rather, distrust of Anabaptists predated the first major witch panic of 1562-3, and Waite suggests that the virulent propaganda against Anabaptist heretics helped convince governments of the existence of a diabolical threat. Although Anabaptists rejected religious magic, they were consistently demonized by Catholic and Lutheran polemicists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEradicating the Devil's Minions\u003c\/em\u003e is an investigation into the roots of religious intolerance in Reformation Europe, and a unique examination of mass hysteria and social extremism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Maps\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  The Devil's Minions: Anabaptists, Magic, and Witches in the Sixteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Blackened Tongues and Miraculous Hosts: Anabaptists and Miracles in the Polemical Literature \u003cbr\u003e Shamans and Soothsayers: The Persecution of Anabaptists and Witches in the Northern Netherlands\u003cbr\u003e Rebaptism and the Devil: Anabaptists and Witches in the Southern Netherlands\u003cbr\u003e The Devil's Sabbat: Nocturnal Anabaptist Meetings, Hailstorms, and Witchcrafte in Southern Germany \u003cbr\u003e Eliminating the Desecrators of Hosts: Anabaptists and Witches in th Austrian Tirol\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739996975384,"sku":"9781442610323","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/eradicating-the-devils-minions-anabaptists-and-witches-in-reformation-europe-1535-1600-paperback-softback-9781442610323","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}