... such work supported the belief of witchcraft because these writers had not the knowledge now known in modern times. (Oldridge 2002, p. 368) Writers such as Reginald Scot, Samuel Harsnet and John Webster published influential work which condemned all connections between witches and the devil to be ludicrous. They claimed demonic witchcraft had no biblical justification, it was a type of witchcraft that ... so that local councils required the consent of the central Parlement in Paris to pass execution. (Behringer 2004, p. 181) In Spain also, after investigating local councils the Supreme ...

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