English witches and SS academics: evaluating sources for the English witch trials in Himmler’s Hexenkartothek

Prior to WWII, Himmler organised a team of SS researchers to collate records of historical witchcraft trials that had taken place in lands of the expanding Reich. The ideological pretext for this undertaking was the collection of evidence demonstrating an anti-German crusade by the Church. While thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Badger, W, Purkiss, D
Format: Journal article
Published: Penn State University Press 2017