:<i>Battling Demons: Witchcraft, Heresy and Reform in the Late Middle Ages</i>

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Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Witchcraft, Heresy, and Reform in the Fifteenth Century 1. The Life of Johannes Nider 2. Witchcraft in the Writings of Johannes Nider 3. The Threat of Heresy: Hussites, Free Spirits, and Beguines 4. Reform of the Orders, Reform of the Religious Spirit 5. The Reform of the Christian World: Johannes Nider's Formicarius 6. Witchcraft and Reform Conclusion: Witchcraft and the World of the Late Middle Ages Appendix One: Chronology of Nider's Life and Datable Works Appendix Two: Dating of Nider's Major Works Used in this Study Appendix Three: Manuscript Copies of Nider's Treatises Select Bibliography