Publication details
Obraz čarodějnictví na stránkách josefínského a tereziánského zákoníku
| Title in English | The Reflection of Witchcraft on Pages of Constitutio Criminalis Josephina and Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana |
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Bibliotheca Antiqua 2015. Sborník z 24. konference 4.–5. listopadu 2015 Olomouc |
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| Citation | |
| Field | History |
| Keywords | witchcraft; criminal code; torture; Joseph I.; Maria Theresia |
| Description | The paper deals with the offence of witchcraft captured on pages criminal codes Constitutio Criminalis Josephina and Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana, which constituted an unified penal system for the entire Czech lands. The aim is to show the perception of witchcraft and its transformation during the formation of the two codes, first when mass persecution culminated, and then with hindsight of sixty years, on the threshold of the emerging Enlightenment. |
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