یوهان ویر: مناظره با شیطان و جادوگران در اروپا در اوایل دوران مدرن

This book deals with a fascinating and original claim in sixteenth-century Europe. Witches should be cured, not executed. It was the physician and scholar Johann Wier (1515-1588) who challenged the dominant idea. For his defense of witches, more than three centuries later, Sigmund Freud chose to put Wier's work among the ten books to be read. According to Wier, Satan seduced witches, thus they did not deserve to be executed, but they must be cured for their melancholy. When the witch hunt was rising, Wier was the first to use some of the arguments adopted in the emerging debate on religious tolerance in defence of witches. This is the first overall study of Wier which offers an innovative view of his thought by highlighting Wier's sources and his attempts to involve theologians, physicians, and philosophers in his fight against cruel witch hunts. __Johann Wier: Debating the Devil and Witches__ situates and explains his claim as a result of a moral and religious path as well as the outcome of his medical experience. The book aims to provide an insightful examination of Wier's works to read his pleas emphasizing the duty of every good Christian to not abandon anyone who strays from the flock of Christ. For these reasons, Wier was overwhelmed by bitter confutations, such as those of Jean Bodin, but he was also celebrated for his outstanding and prolific heritage for debating religious tolerance. Cover 1 Table of Contents 8 Introduction 10 1. History and historiography 14 Wier and the witch-hunts 14 2. Wier’s early years and apprenticeship (1515–1557) 34 1. Agrippa and the French apprenticeship 36 2. Working in Gelderland and Cleves 46 3. Wier’s faith 51 3. Inside the labyrinth of spells 62 The origin and development of the De Praestigiis Daemonum (1557–1568) 62 1. The De praestigiis 62 2. The theologian and the physician: on the punishment for witches 71 3. Translations of the De praestigiis 79 4. Between magic and science 82 1. The circle of Oporinus and Basel 82 2. Against Paracelsus 89 5. Vince te ipsum 102 Towards the twilight: from 1569 to 1588 102 1. The twilight 102 2. Against Scalichius 119 3. The physician Wier 123 6. Demons, sorcerers, and witches 128 1. Satan and his army 128 2. Magicians 135 3. Witches 138 4. The distinction between magicians and witches 148 7. Scepticism and toleration 152 1. Erasmus between scepticism and toleration 152 2. Erasmus and Wier 156 8. Reading and refuting Wier 174 1. Appreciations and critics 174 2. The Debate with Erastus 177 3. Bodin against Wier 184 4. Wier’s legacy in English and Germanic debates 187 5. Wier in the XVIIth century 195 6. After Descartes: the disenchantment of the world 199 Conclusion 210 Bibliography (primary sources) 214 Archival sources 214 List of mentioned works by Wier 214 Primary sources 216 Bibliography (secondary sources) 222 Index 260 This book deals with a fascinating and original claim in 16th-century Europe. Witches should be cured, not executed. It was the physician and scholar Johann Wier (1515-1588) who challenged the dominant idea. For his defense of witches, more than three centuries later, Sigmund Freud chose to put Wier’s work among the ten books to be read. According to Wier, Satan seduced witches, thus they did not deserve to be executed, but they must be cured for their melancholy. When the witch hunt was rising, Wier was the first to use some of the arguments adopted in the emerging debate on religious tolerance in defence of witches. This is the first overall study of Wier which offers an innovative view of his thought, by highlighting Wier’s sources and his attempts to involve theologians, physicians, and philosophers in his fight against cruel witch hunts. Johann Wier: Debating the Devil and Witches situates and explains his claim as a result of a moral and religious path as well as the outcome of his medical experience. The book aims to provide an insightful examination of Wier’s works to read his pleas emphasizing the duty of every good Christian to not abandon anyone who strays from the flock of Christ. For these reasons, Wier was overwhelmed by bitter confutations, such as those of Jean Bodin, but he was also celebrated for his outstanding and prolific heritage for debating religious tolerance. "This book deals with a fascinating and original claim in 16th-century Europe. Witches should be cured, not executed. It was the physician and scholar Johann Wier (1515-1588) who challenged the dominant idea. For his defense of witches, more than three centuries later, Sigmund Freud chose to put Wier's work among the ten books to be read. According to Wier, Satan seduced witches, thus they did not deserve to be executed, but they must be cured for their melancholy. When the witch hunt was rising, Wier was the first to use some of the arguments adopted in the emerging debate on religious tolerance in defence of witches. This is the first overall study of Wier which offers an innovative view of his thought by highlighting Wier's sources and his attempts to involve theologians, physicians, and philosophers in his fight against cruel witch hunts. This book situates and explains his claim as a result of a moral and religious path as well as the outcome of his medical experience. The book aims to provide an insightful examination of Wier's works to read his pleas emphasizing the duty of every good Christian to not abandon anyone who strays from the flock of Christ. For these reasons, Wier was overwhelmed by bitter confutations, such as those of Jean Bodin, but he was also celebrated for his outstanding and prolific heritage for debating religious tolerance."--Provided by publisher. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.