1591
Confessions of WITCHES & WARLOCKS Demons TORTURE Trier Witch Trial Binsfeld
Peter Binsfeld was a 16th-century German bishop who is best
remembered for being one of the most active witch hunters of his time. While
living in Trier, Germany, Binsfeld worked tirelessly on driving out witches,
devil-worshipers, and magic-users from the area. The Trier Witch Trials proved
to be one of the largest witch trials in all of Europe in terms of executions,
much in part to Binsfeld. In fact, in addition to witch torture, Binsfeld and
the other hunters arrested, tortured, and burned any who opposed the witch
trials, effectively stopping anyone who tried to stand up against the
massacres.
The trials inspired Binsfeld to write a treatise on witchcraft and
sorcery entitled ‘Confessions of Warlocks
and Witches’. This book collected many of the confessions of witches taken
by Binsfeld, recounting their witchcraft and devil worship. However, many of
the ‘confessions’ were obtained through torture, and the confessions were not
fully reliable. Curiously, Binsfeld himself claims that the torture itself
had no effect on the confessions and they should be trusted completely.
Item number: #25413
Price: $3500
BINSFELD, Peter
Tractatvs De Confessionibvs
Maleficorvm & Sagarum, An, Et Qvanta fides ijs adhibenda sit
Trevirorvm [Trier, Germany]:
Excudebat Henricus Bock, 1591. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
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[16], 633, [15]
· References:
USTC 699048; BM STC 127
· Provenance:
Handwritten – Wernerii Casarii, 1668
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum;
tight and secure
· Size: ~6.25in X 4in (16cm x 10cm)
· Exceedingly rare, valuable,
and desirable
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