1610 in Europe - 1610 in England, 1610 in France, 1610 in Italy, Basque Witch Trials, Dr. Bonham's Case, Case of Proclamations (Paperback)

Chapters: 1610 in England, 1610 in France, 1610 in Italy, Basque Witch Trials, Dr. Bonham's Case, Case of Proclamations, Treaty of Brussol, Aldred's Case, Great Contract. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Basque witch trials of the 17th century represent the most ambitious attempt at rooting out witchcraft ever undertaken by the Spanish Inquisition. The trial of the Basque witches at Logrono, near Navarre, in northern Spain, which began in January 1609, against the background of similar persecutions conducted in Labourd by Pierre de Lancre, was almost certainly the biggest single event of its kind in history. By the end some 7,000 cases had been examined by the Inquisition. Although Logrono is not a Basque city, it was the setting for an Inquisition tribunal responsible for the Kingdom of Navarre, Alava, Gipuzkoa, Biscay, La Rioja and the North of Burgos and Soria. Among the accused were not only women (although they predominated), but also children and men, including priests guilty of healing with nominas, amulets with names of saints. The first phase ended in 1610, with a declaration of auto de fe against thirty-one of the accused, twelve or eleven of whom were burned to death (five of them symbolically, as they had died before auto da fe). Thereafter proceedings were suspended until the inquisitors had a chance to gather further evidence, on what they believed to be a widespread witch cult in the Basque region. Alonso Salazar Frias, the junior inquisitor and a lawyer by training, was delegated to examine the matter at length. Armed with an Edict of Grace, promising pardon to all those who voluntarily reported themselves and denounced their accomplices, he traveled across the countryside during the year 1611, mainly in the vicinity of Zug...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=12072180