This book offers a comparison of lay and inquisitorial witchcraft prosecutions. In most of the early modern period, witchcraft jurisdiction in Italy rested with the Roman Inquisition, whereas in Denmark only the secular courts raised trials. Kallestrup explores the narratives of witchcraft as they were laid forward by people involved in the trials.

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Marking The Limits Of Transgression 3. The Condemnation Of Witchcraft In Denmark 4. Comparing Procedures Against Witchcraft In The Roman Inquisition And The Danish Secular 5. The Local Studies 6. Constructing An Accusation Of Witchcraft For The Court 7. From Allegation To Formal Accusation 8. Popular Notions Of Witchcraft 9. Honest People And Wicked People

Louise Nyholm Kallestrup is Associate Professor in Early Modern Cultural History at University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. She has published widely on Italian and Danish witchcraft.