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Trulldom, Swartkonst och Diefwulshandlingar: En mikrohistorisk undersökning av kyrkans agerande under de svenska häxprocessernas första rättegång år 1668
Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, History.
2017 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this essay is to explore actions of the representatives of the church during the first of the trials of what later developed to the great swedish witch-hunts between the years 1668–1676. The method of this study is microhistorical, where you look at local events that then can be applied on a bigger scale. The theoretical ideas applied are Michel Foucault theories of a society at war, and the dynamics between central power and peripheral power in that kind of situation. By applying these theories, the relations between central juridical directives and the enforcement of these in a local place can be studied. The main subject of interest for this essay is clerical representative Lars P. Elvius, who, during the trials, were the one responsible and the one the rest of the court relied on for interpreting the crimes of witchcraft, maleficum and other crimes of supernatural art. By looking at the directives and laws concerning witchcraft, how he interpreted the testimonies of the accused and what kind of verdict was given at the end of the trial, the relationship between central directives and peripheral enforcement is made clear. This study is part chronological and part thematic; the directives and laws presented first, followed by the interpretation during the trial categorized thematically, with correlating testimony and crime, and finally the verdict at the end of the trial.

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2017. , p. 36
Keywords [en]
Early-modern Witch-trials, Blåkulla, witchcraft, clerics, centralized institutions, peripheral actors
Keywords [sv]
Blåkulla, Rättegångar, häxprocesser, prästerskap, kyrkan, magi
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33417OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-33417DiVA, id: diva2:1141821
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History
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Humanities, Theology
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Available from: 2017-09-18 Created: 2017-09-16 Last updated: 2017-09-18Bibliographically approved

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