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Thursday 13 April 2023 08.30 - 10.30
G-5 CRI06 Witchcraft and Authority in the Godly State
B32
Network: Criminal Justice Chair: Louise Nyholm Kallestrup
Organizer: Louise Nyholm Kallestrup Discussant: Louise Nyholm Kallestrup
Lionel Dorthe : Lausanne (Switzerland) 1573-1576: a Witch-hunt to Maintain Faith and Independence?
The Pays de Vaud was conquered in 1536 by Bern, which imposed the Reformed religion. Lausanne, capital and former episcopal city, became a Seigneury more or less independent (unlike the rest of the Vaud, totally submitted). Many tensions occur as the city tries to gain more autonomy. A witch-hunt took ... (Show more)
The Pays de Vaud was conquered in 1536 by Bern, which imposed the Reformed religion. Lausanne, capital and former episcopal city, became a Seigneury more or less independent (unlike the rest of the Vaud, totally submitted). Many tensions occur as the city tries to gain more autonomy. A witch-hunt took place (1573-1576) between two important events: the Treaty of Lausanne (1564) – the Duke of Savoy confirms final renunciation of Vaud – and the conspiracy of Isbrand Daux (1588) – counselor of Lausanne who concluded a private treaty with the Duke, to whom he promised to deliver the city in exchange of maintaining the Protestant religion. Daux secured the loyalty of several magistrates who held key positions in the city, including Michel de Saint-Cierges, who judged the 1570s witch-hunt. Studying this never studied hunt sheds light on the issues linked to the will of some politicians to erect their Seigneury into an autonomous city, while maintaining the Protestant religion. (Show less)

Louise Hauberg Lindgaard : The King’s Lieutenants’ Role in the Danish Witch Trials
Most research on the Danish witch trials has focused on the accused – not the accusers. Within recent years, though, thorough research into the Danish king’s role has begun to emerge. After all, as the head of the kingdom he was responsible for the witchcraft prosecution on a larger scale. ... (Show more)
Most research on the Danish witch trials has focused on the accused – not the accusers. Within recent years, though, thorough research into the Danish king’s role has begun to emerge. After all, as the head of the kingdom he was responsible for the witchcraft prosecution on a larger scale. But what about those closest to him, who were responsible for carrying out the law in the Danish realms? All members of the increasingly powerful nobility, the king’s lieutenants acted as the main intermediaries between the king and his people. They were tasked with maintaining law and order in the fief, protecting the peasants, appointing public servants and raising criminal cases – including cases against witchcraft. Some acted in accordance with their king’s beliefs and orders, while others took matters into their own hands. This made them quite crucial to the state’s witchcraft persecution in the Danish realms. (Show less)

Michaela Valente : Witches and Politics: Bodin and James VI
During the XVIth century, political theory conceived fundamental issues, such as sovereignty, which affected the rise of Early Modern State. In the meanwhile, the New World and the Reformation compelled a debate on God, his powers and his enemies, among them witches. According to scholars, one of the main witchfinders ... (Show more)
During the XVIth century, political theory conceived fundamental issues, such as sovereignty, which affected the rise of Early Modern State. In the meanwhile, the New World and the Reformation compelled a debate on God, his powers and his enemies, among them witches. According to scholars, one of the main witchfinders is Jean Bodin. But he is celebrated for his political theory and thus his demonological work, Démonomanie des sorciers (Paris, 1580) was neglected by Bodin’s scholarship. Some years later James VI wrote his Daemonologie to explain the relationship of the State- monarch and his subjects. This paper sheds light on the coherence of Bodin’s and James’ work: witches are to be prosecuted because they are the worst subjects. (Show less)



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