{"product_id":"bad-christians-and-hanging-toads","title":"Bad Christians and Hanging Toads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Christians and Hanging Toads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e tells riveting stories of witchcraft in everyday life in early modern Navarra. \u003c\/b\u003eBelief in witchcraft not only emerged in moments of mass panic but was woven into the fabric of village life. Some villagers believed witches sickened crops and cows with poisonous powders, others thought they engaged in diabolism and perverted sex, and still others believed they lovingly raised toads used to commit evil deeds. Most villagers, however, simply saw witches as those with reputations of being \u003ci\u003emala cristianas\u003c\/i\u003e—bad Christians. Rochelle Rojas illuminates the social webs of accusations and the pathways of village gossip that created the conditions for the witch beliefs and trials of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile studies of witchcraft in Spain tend to focus on the inquisitorial trials and witch panic of 1609–14, \u003ci\u003eBad Christians and Hanging Toads\u003c\/i\u003e turns to witch trials conducted by the region's secular judiciary, Navarra's royal tribunals, tracing the prosecution of accused witches over 150 years. Using detailed evidence from trial records and neighbors' testimonies, Rojas vividly brings to life the women and men crafted as witches by their neighbors and the authorities and guides readers through the judicial process, from accusations and the examination of the evidence to sentencing and punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy privileging the voices of villagers throughout,\u003ci\u003e Bad Christians and Hanging Toads\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that the inner logic of early modern European witchcraft trials can be understood only by examining of the local, everyday aspects of witch belief.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249147859288,"sku":"9781501779718","price":43.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781501779718.jpg?v=1778638528","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/bad-christians-and-hanging-toads","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}