Goucher College 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Goucher College 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

HIS 289 - Special Topics: The European Witch Hunt to 1750 (3 Cr.)

*This topic approved for Gen Ed #4 as of 9/19/2013. Credits change to 3 or 4 on 3/11/2015 (GEN. ED. #4)
This course surveys the intellectual and social history of witchcraft doctrines and their consequences in Western civilization from antiquity until the 18th century. The central focus is the rise and decline of organized persecution of witches in Christendom between the 15th and 17th centuries. The course will also consider the legal and judicial contexts in which accusations of witchcraft were prosecuted. Course may be repeated if topic is different. Fall semester. Offered 2012-13 and alternate years. Department.