1591 Confessions of WITCHES & WARLOCKS Demons TORTURE Trier Witch Trial Binsfeld

1591 Confessions of WITCHES & WARLOCKS Demons TORTURE Trier Witch Trial Binsfeld

Peter Binsfeld was a 16^th-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.

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BINSFELD, Peter

Tractatvs De Confessionibvs Maleficorvm & Sagarum, An, Et Qvanta fides ijs adhibenda sit

Trevirorvm [Trier, Germany]: Excudebat Henricus Bock, 1591. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [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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