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'The misery of the poor girls ... ' : exploring a case of collective bewitchment in Lier, 1602-03
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Abstract
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| In 1602-03 eight girls at a boarding school in Lier fell ill with a strange disease, thereby paving the way for accusations of witchcraft. The voluminous records of the resulting witch trial document the events in question as well as people's reactions to them. A careful reading of the source materials suggests that the evolution of the crisis from a single, unremarkable fainting spell to a spectacular and stereotypical case of collective convulsions resulted from the mutual interactions between the behaviour of the afflicted girls and the interpretation process and remedying actions it elicited. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Parergon : bulletin of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. - Sydney, 1971, currens
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Publication
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Sydney
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Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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2013
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ISSN
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0313-6221
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1832-8334
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DOI
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10.1353/PGN.2013.0107
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Volume/pages
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30
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(2013)
, p. 81-108
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ISI
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000331988100006
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