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The Witches' Advocate: Basque Witchcraft and the Spanish Inquisition, 1609-1614

Gustav Henningsen

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First published: 1980

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This historical volume provides an in-depth examination of Basque witchcraft and the judicial proceedings of the Spanish Inquisition during the early seventeenth century. By focusing on this specific period, the work offers a scholarly analysis of how legal and social systems grappled with accusations of superstition and heresy.

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Published in 1980, this scholarly work by Danish folklorist Gustav Henningsen emerged from extensive archival research into the trials of the Logroño Inquisition. The book documents a pivotal moment in history when the Spanish Inquisition shifted from a period of mass panic and witch-hunting toward a more skeptical, evidentiary approach. Henningsen utilized the reports of Alonso de Salazar Frías, a judge who investigated the hysteria in the Basque country and ultimately concluded that the purported confessions were products of psychological suggestion and torture.

The design and narrative structure of the text were crafted to challenge long-standing myths about the Inquisition, positioning it as a study of legal bureaucratic processes rather than mere folklore. Henningsen's work is widely respected in historical circles for its meticulous use of primary source documents from the Spanish Inquisition archives, which had previously been under-analyzed. It remains a foundational text for understanding how judicial skepticism eventually curtailed one of Europe's most significant episodes of witch persecution.

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