Doctrinaire against Witches. Material Evidence of Criminality

  • María Jesús Torquemada Sánchez Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/foro.77680
Keywords: Judicial Doctrine, Witchcraft, Superstitions, Physical Evidence, Magic Tools

Abstract

The current piece of work is based upon the texts written by judicial doctrine in between the 14th and 17th centuries with the aim to show judges judging based on witchcraft and superstitions on the evidence of substances and magic items bound to provide evidence at secular courts and inquisitorial ones based on the above mentioned behaviour.

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María Jesús Torquemada Sánchez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Departamento de Derecho Romano e Historia del Derecho. Facultad de Derecho

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Published
2020-12-15
How to Cite
Torquemada Sánchez M. J. (2020). Doctrinaire against Witches. Material Evidence of Criminality. FORO. Revista de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Nueva Época, 23(2), 99-147. https://doi.org/10.5209/foro.77680
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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2020)
Section
Researches

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