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As a religious sect, the Anabaptists were seen to practice unusual rituals and follow an eccentric set of beliefs. One story, for instance, purports that an Anabaptist prophet, claiming to have visited heaven, persuaded his followers to run naked through the streets of Amsterdam. Eradicating the Devil's Minions investigates these beliefs in the context of Reformation Europe, a time in which persecution, religious intolerance, and witch-hunting were rampant.
Focusing primarily on the Habsburg-controlled regions of Europe, Gary K. Waite argues that the persecution of Anabaptists did not go hand in hand with the outbreak of witch-hunts in the mid-sixteenth century. Rather, distrust of Anabaptists predated the first major witch panic of 1562-3, and Waite suggests that the virulent propaganda against Anabaptist heretics helped convince governments of the existence of a diabolical threat. Although Anabaptists rejected religious magic, they were consistently demonized by Catholic and Lutheran polemicists.
Eradicating the Devil's Minions is an investigation into the roots of religious intolerance in Reformation Europe, and a unique examination of mass hysteria and social extremism.
Contents
List of Figures and Maps
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Devil's Minions: Anabaptists, Magic, and Witches in the Sixteenth Century
Blackened Tongues and Miraculous Hosts: Anabaptists and Miracles in the Polemical Literature
Shamans and Soothsayers: The Persecution of Anabaptists and Witches in the Northern Netherlands
Rebaptism and the Devil: Anabaptists and Witches in the Southern Netherlands
The Devil's Sabbat: Nocturnal Anabaptist Meetings, Hailstorms, and Witchcrafte in Southern Germany
Eliminating the Desecrators of Hosts: Anabaptists and Witches in th Austrian Tirol
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
