"Ördögi mesterséget nem cselekedtem" : a boszorkányüldözés társadalmi és kulturális háttere a kora újkori Debrecenben és Bihar vármegyében / Kristóf Ildikó.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210).
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Summary in English.
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"The work examines the witch-hunting and witchcraft trials in a county and its largest city in eastern Hungary between 1575 and 1766. During this period 217 trials were conducted against 303 accused and the survey aims at detecting the social context of the accusations and the underlying beliefs. The working hypothesis is based on that observation of social anthropology, according to which the charges of witchcraft by and large resulted from the deteriorations of everyday human relations and mirrored real conflicts of individuals or certain communities"--Page 232.
