Highroad to the Stake: A Tale of Witchcraft
| Book | Straße ins Feuer: Vom Leben und Sterben in der Zeit des Hexenwahns |
| Translated by | William E. Yuill |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Copyright Holder (Original Edition) | Kindler Verlag GmbH |
| Copyright Holder (This Edition) | The University of Chicago |
| Author photo/portrait | Kövesdi Presse Agentur |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Chicago and London |
| This Edition Published | 1987 |
| Reprinted | 1987 |
| Copyright | 1987 |
| Pages / Font | 424 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 0-226-46211-0 |
| Printer's Key | 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 5 4 3 2 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | BF1583.K8613 1987 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 133.4'09433 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 86-11230 |
| Chapters | Preface 1 • THE TOWER Arrival • The City • Prison • The Prefect • Fickler • The Council of State • An Examination • Wangereck • The Gravedigger's Daughter 2 • THE ROAD Nuremberg • The Beat • The Pappenheimers • Another Examination • The Village • Farmers and Cottagers • A Long Journey • Cheerful Company • From Place to Place 3 • THE HEIGHTS A Lawyer • The Young Duke • God and Power • The Sound of Bells • Misgivings Concerning the Profession of Arms • In the Spanish Style • Old Letters • Further Arrests • Cloister, Palace, Fortress 4 • THE VALLEY A Dark Cloud • Marauders • Michel Confesses • Truth and Falsehood • Jews • The Black Death • Fear • Wantonness • The Petition 5 • THE ABYSS Infants' Hands • Concerning the Unseen • Fallen Angels • Satan — Without Prejudice • A Suspicion is Confirmed • Witchcraft • Gog and Magog • The Nocturnal Rainbow • The Pact 6 • THE MILL Idyll • The Common Cry • Wangereck Loses an Argument • Law and Religion • The Hearth • The Convent Miller Refuses to Talk • Great Distress • Report to the Council • An Unregenerate Child 7 • THE REVELS The Dream of Flying • The Feast • Conversation Beneath the Chestnut Tree • The Crime • A Day in the Life of a Jailor's Wife • Evil Spells • On the Affronting of God • Confessions of a None Too Valiant Tailor • On Prevailing Opinion in the Legal Profession 8 • THE VAULT The Commission • Establishing the Truth • The Father Confessor • A Debate in the Council of State • "Cronies" • Ghosts • The Procession • Proofs Based on Supposition • Pointless Preparations 9 • THE PALACE OF EXECUTION A Man of Straw • Prologue behind the Scenes • Preparation and Anticipation • Sleighride without Snow • Final Visits • The Ceremonial of Accusation • The Judgment • The Procession • The Fire Notes |
| Notes | Printed in the United States of America |
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