Assignment task:
Read Brian P. Levack, The Witchcraft Sourcebook,
15, Lambert Daneau
17, Nicolas Remy
18, Martin del Rio
20, Francesco Maria Guazzo
21, Richard Bernard
23, Cotton Mather
24, James Hutchison
Please address the following prompt, in at least 1 full paragraph.
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine that the year is 1620. You are a university student studying theology, with plans to become a church official. You can be either Protestant or Catholic. You enter a tavern to slake your thirst when, horror of horrors, you overhear someone loudly proclaim that witches aren't real. You must convince this heretic of the error of their ways!
Choose one aspect of witchcraft that the authors in the discussion board readings discuss. For example, the witches' sabbat, flying, the pact with Satan, the Devil's mark. Compose an argument based on the writings you just read, in which you prove to this poor misguided soul that the aspect you chose is indeed real.