The convenience, from the Church point of view, of catching witch and heretic in the same net was too obvious…
- Date of account
- Published 1908
- Source
- The book of witches
- Reference
- The book of witches · selected passage 167
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
The convenience, from the Church point of view, of catching witch and heretic in the same net was too obvious to be disregarded
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyThe convenience, from the Church point of view, of catching witch and heretic in the same net was too obvious to be disregarded. By the fourteenth century their connection was well established in the eyes of church and law. In France, so early as the thirteenth century, prosecution took place for "vauderie," an omnibus-word which covered at once witchcraft and the heretical practices of those Vaudois from whose name it was derived. In Ireland, in 1324, proceedings for witchcraft taken against Dame Alice Kyteler and others in the Court of the Bishop of Ossory, brought about a conflict between Church and State, such cases, according to English law, being tried by a secular tribunal.
Historical context
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Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyA modern comparison can identify recurring descriptions and possible explanations, but the account is not treated as independently verified evidence merely because it appeared in print.
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