Note that Levack's information here comes from Henningsen, who now has
two books on the Basque witch-hunt.
Chris Lehrich
Christopher Kimberley wrote:
> I'm trying to build a bibliography of references to child witches. I'm
> familiar to a certain extent with the Edict of Grace when
>
> "In the famous witch-hunt in the Basque country in 1610-14, when
> witches were given freedom to confess with impunity, more than 1300 of
> the some 1800 individuals who confessed were minors"
>
> Levack, Brian P.
> The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe. Harlow, England: Longman
> Group UK Limited. 1992
>
> An references to child witches in other times and places will be
> gratefully received.
>
> Best
>
> Chris
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Christopher I. Lehrich
Assistant Professor of Religion
Associate Director, Division of Religious and Theological Studies
Boston University
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