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On the Demon-Mania of Witches, by Jean BodinOverview Jean Bodins On the Demon Mania of Witches (De la dmonomanie des sorciers) was published in 1580 and quickly became one of the most widely read and translated works on witchcraft in Europe. Bodin (1529 30 1596), a lawyer and scholar, was greatly admired by his contemporaries. His works on politics, history and religion, especially his encyclopaedic Les six livres de la rpublique (1576), contributed ideas and theories that have continued to
Overview
Jean Bodin’s On the Demon-Mania of Witches (De la démonomanie des sorciers) was published in 1580 and quickly became one of the most widely read and translated works on witchcraft in Europe. Bodin (1529/30-1596), a lawyer and scholar, was greatly admired by his contemporaries. His works on politics, history and religion, especially his encyclopaedic Les six livres de la république (1576), contributed ideas and theories that have continued to attract the attention of researchers in a wide range of disciplines. The Demon-Mania is a passionately argued treatise on the reality and dangers of magic and witchcraft, which Bodin saw as a growing threat to the state. His treatise also makes detailed recommendations to judges for the effective prosecution of witchcraft cases. Professor Pearl’s introduction to the text situates it in the full context of Bodin’s thought and the historical experience of his age. The notes by the editors give the reader access to Bodin’s vast network of theological, classical, historical and legal sources. The Demon-Mania, appearing here in its first English translation, provides sharp insights into the mentality of a complex and bitterly divided age.
Randy A. Scott is Assistant Professor of Italian and Humanities at Atkinson College and the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at York University.
Jonathan L. Pearl is Associate Professor of History at Scarborough College in the University of Toronto.
218 pp.
ISBN: 978-0-9697512-5-0 softcover
Published: 1995
Contents
Introduction
The French Religious Wars
Witchcraft in France
The Demon-Mania
The Text and This Translation
Translator's Note
Select Bibliography
On the Demon-Mania of Witches
Author's Preface
BOOK ONE
Chapter 1: The Definition of a Witch
Chapter 2: On the Associataion of Spirits with Men
Chapter 3: The Difference between Good and Evil Spirits
[Chapter 4: On Prophecy and Other Divine Means to Learn Hidden Things]*
Chapter 5: On Natural and Human Means to Learn Hidden Things
Chapter 6: On Unlawful Means to Accomplish Something That One Wants
[Chapter 7: On Terascopy, Haruspicy, Ornithomancy, Hieroscopy, and Others]
BOOK TWO
Chapter 1: On Magic in General, and Its Types
[Chapter 2: On Tacit Invocations of Evil Spirits]
Chapter 3: On Formal Invocations of Evil Spirits
Chapter 4: On Those Who Renounce God and Their Religion by Express Agreement, and Whether They Are Bodily Transported by Demons
[Chapter 5: On the Ecstasy and Rapture of Witches, and the Customary Relations They Have with Demons]
Chapter 6: On Lycanthropy and Whether Spirits Can Change Men into Beasts
Chapter 7: Whether Witches Have Copulation with Demons
Chapter 8: Whether Witches Can Send Illnesses, Sterilities, Hails and Rainstorms, and Kill Men and Beasts
BOOK THREE
Chapter 1: Lawful Means to Prevent Spells and Witchcraft
Chapter 2: Whether Witches Can Assure the Health of Vigorous Men, and Provide a Cure for the Sick
Chapter 3: Whether Witches May Obtain through Their Craft the Favour of People, Beauty, Pleasures, Honours, Riches and Learning, and Give Fertility
[Chapter 4: Whether Witches can Harm Some People More Than Ohers]
Chapter 5: On the Unlawful Means Which Are Used to Prevent Evil Spells, and to Dispel Illnesses and Charms
Chapter 6: On Those Who Are Beleaguered and Pursued by Evil Spirits, and Whether There Is Any Means to Drive Them Out
BOOK FOUR
Chapter 1: On the Investigation of Witches
Chapter 2: On the Evidence REquired to Prove the Crime of Witchcraft
Chapter 3: On the Voluntary and Forced Confessions of Witches
Chapter 4: On Presumptions Against Witches
Chapter 5: On the Punishment That Witches Merit
* Bracketed chapters omitted
Reviews
The Sixteenth Century Journal, 27:3 (Autumn 1996), p. 835. Reviewed by Jane P. Davidson.
Renaissance Quarterly, 51:3 (Autumn 1998), pp. 995-996. Reviewed by Julia M. Garrett.
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