Shaman of Oberstdorf Chonrad Stoeckhlin and the Phantoms of the Night |
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| Author:
| Behringer, Wolfgang |
| Translator:
| Midelfort, H. C. Erik |
| Series title: | Studies in Early Modern German History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-1853-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1998 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.50USD $27.50 |
Book Description:
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The work focuses on the life of a horse wrangler named Chonrad Stoeckhlin (1549-1587), whose extraordinary visions of the afterlife and enthusiastic practice of the occult eventually led to his death - and to the death of a number of village women - for crimes of witchcraft.
The work focuses on the life of a horse wrangler named Chonrad Stoeckhlin (1549-1587), whose extraordinary visions of the afterlife and enthusiastic practice of the occult eventually led to his death - and to the death of a number of village women - for crimes of witchcraft.