false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241391149m/5496990.jpg 5496990 1 On the night of the festive holiday of Shrove Tuesday in 1672 Anna Fessler died after eating one of her neighbor's buttery cakes. Could it have been poisoned? Drawing on vivid court documents, eyewitness accounts, and an early autopsy report, historian Thomas Robisheaux brings the story to life. Exploring one of Europe's last witch panics, he unravels why neighbors and the court magistrates became convinced that Fessler's neighbor Anna Schmieg was a witch—one of several in the area—ensnared by the devil. Once arrested, Schmieg, the wife of the local miller, and her daughter were caught up in a high-stakes drama that led to charges of sorcery and witchcraft against the entire family. Robisheaux shows how ordinary events became diabolical ones, leading magistrates to torture and turn a daughter against her mother. In so doing he portrays an entire world caught between superstition and modernity. 22 illustrations, 3 maps. 5565020 16 2 2009 The Last Witch of Langenburg: Murder in a German Village total:18|5:0|4:4|3:9|2:4|1:1| 18 52 97 9 4 1 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 17:13:53 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 08:34:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 18:32:42 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 13:25:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 18:11:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 18:27:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 16:59:26 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 14:30:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 26 17:35:02 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 17:44:04 -0700 2009
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