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Provides an in-depth study of the medieval Cathar community, which, during the thirteenth century became the focus of systematic repression by the Catholic Church, were branded as heretics, and suffered successive waves of persecution and execution.

All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent…