Europe's inner demons

Valdès, Valdo, founder of Waldensians, 32

Vallin, Pierre, alleged witch, 229-30, 232

Vauderie, 229; of Arras, 230-1, 232

Vaudois, see Waldensians

Vigilantius, monk, 66- 7

Visconti, Matteo, GhibeIIine leader, 192

Voisins, Pierre de, seneschal of Toulouse, 128

Voluntary poverty, cult of, amongst Waldensians, 32-3; amongst Franciscans, 42-3; amongst Fraticelli, 43-4,45

Voragine, Jacobus dc, archbishop of Genoa, 215,217

Vox in Rama, papal bull, 29–30, 34, 57

Waldensians, origins and doctrine of, 32-4; organization and composition of, 32-4, 36; in German lands, 36-7; in Italian Alps, 37-8; in French Alps, 38–41; link with witch-hunt, 226, 228, 229; equated with witches, 229,230; accusations against, xii; in Rhineland and Thuringia, 32; in Austria, 34-5; in Brandenburg, 35-6; in Italian Alps, 37; in French Alps, 39,259

Waldrada, mistress of Lothair ot Lorraine, 151

War of the Sons oj Light and the Sons oj Darkness, The, 63

Weyer (Wier),Johannes, writer on magic and witchcraft, 167,169, 220,253

Witch, demonological stereotype of the, described, 99–102,147, 251-2; earliest formulations of, 226; completion of, 227-8, 232-3; as cither man, woman or child, 227, 228, 229; See also Flying witches; Witches’ sabbat

Witch, popular stereotype of the, 234-8; as maker of maleficia, 235; as generally a woman, 248-9, 250; as generally old or eccentric, 248; often as midwife, etc., 249; is archetypal, 250; See also Maleficium

Witch Hazel, “high priestess”, 108

Witchcraft and sorcery, distinguished, 145

Witch of Orta, fictitious, 138-45

Witches’ covens, notion of, in Margaret Murray, 108; in Rose, 119-20; modem covens, xii, 108; See also Murray, Margaret; Rose, Elliot

Witches’ sabbat, notion of the, xii, 100-2; as interpreted by Michelet, 105-7; by Margaret Murray, 108-15; by Runeberg, 116-17; by Rose, 118—20; by Summers, 120; by Russell, 121-3; earliest formulations, 226-7, 228-9; all importance of, 230, 238; origin of term, 101 See also Flying witches; Kyteler, Alice; Simmerthal case

Witch-hunt, the great, xii, 99,130, 138,146,155,160,163,164,173, 179,197, 203-5, 218,219,224, 225-55; fictitious beginning of, 125-46; true beginnings of, 225-55; preconditions for, summarized, 252-3. 257; geography of, 253; scale of, 253-4; motivations of, 254-5; dynamics of, 255; See also Delort, Catherine; Georgel, Anne-Marie; Witch of Orta

Witch-killings, private, 148-9

Witch society, xii, 199; modem belief in, 103; and pagan Germanic religion, 103-4; and social protest, 104-5; and fertility cult, 105-18, 123; and Cathars, 116; and cult of ecstasy, 118-19; and cult of evil, 121; and religious protest, 123; existence of, implausible, 123 See also Witches’ sabbat; Apostasy

Wollar, Ulrich, Waldensian, 34

Ziletti (Zileti), Giovanni Battista, printer, 141,143,144,145

Zoroaster, as magician, 165

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