PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I. THE DEATH OF THE GODS.
CHAPTER II. WHY THE MIDDLE AGES FELL INTO DESPAIR.
CHAPTER III. THE LITTLE DEVIL OF THE FIRESIDE.
CHAPTER IV. TEMPTATIONS.
CHAPTER V. POSSESSION.
CHAPTER VI. THE COVENANT.
CHAPTER VII. THE KING OF THE DEAD.
CHAPTER VIII. THE PRINCE OF NATURE.
CHAPTER IX. THE DEVIL A PHYSICIAN.
CHAPTER X. CHARMS AND PHILTRES.
CHAPTER XI. THE REBELS' COMMUNION SABBATHS THE BLACK MASS.
CHAPTER XII. THE SEQUEL LOVE AND DEATH SATAN DISAPPEARS.
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I. THE WITCH IN HER DECLINE SATAN MULTIPLIED AND MADE COMMON.
CHAPTER II. THE HAMMER FOR WITCHES.
CHAPTER III. CENTURY OF TOLERATION IN FRANCE: REACTION.
CHAPTER IV. THE WITCHES OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY: 1609. [84]
CHAPTER V. SATAN TURNS PRIEST.
CHAPTER VI. GAUFFRIDI: 1610.
CHAPTER VII. THE DEMONIACS OF LOUDUN URBAN GRANDIER: 1632-1634.
CHAPTER VIII. THE DEMONIACS OF LOUVIERS MADELINE BAVENT: 1633-1647.
CHAPTER IX. THE DEVIL TRIUMPHS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER X. FATHER GIRARD AND LA CADIERE: 1730.
CHAPTER XI. CADIERE IN THE CONVENT: 1730.
CHAPTER XII. THE TRIAL OF CADIERE: 1730-1731.
EPILOGUE.
LIST OF LEADING AUTHORITIES.
J. MICHELET.
LONDON: PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER, ANGEL COURT, SKINNER STREET.
FROM THE FRENCH OF J. MICHELET.
BY L. J. TROTTER.
(The only Authorized English Translation.)
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO., STATIONERS’ HALL COURT. MDCCCLXIII.
