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The history of the devil and the idea of evil : from the earliest times to the present day (1900)

Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co. · leaf 348

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ethe appearance ofthe Witch-Hammer.In the archives ofDonau - Eschingenthere is a docu-ment according towhich a certainAnna Henne fromRothenbach, in theBlack Forest, in1485, cleared her-self of the suspi-cion of witchcraftby carrying a hotiron. Concerningthe water ordealthe same authorsays: The… … 328 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. cent III. again abolished it in the Lateran Council, 1215. Thefamous law book, The Saxon Mirror, written by Eike von Repkow,in the year 1230, provides that if two men lay claim to the samething and the neighbors can bear no witness, the water-ordeal shalldecide. The…

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