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Witchcraft in France
|
| 1398 |
University
of Paris declares that the pact with the devil is not
merely magic but heresy |
| 1428 |
Witch
trials of Brianqon, in the Dauphin6. Some 167 local people
burned as witches between 1428 and 1450 |
| 1431 |
Trial
of Joan of Arc includes allegations of witchcraft |
| 1440 |
Notorious
trial of Gilles de Rais, accused of witchcraft and debauches |
| 1490 |
King
Charles VIII issues edict against fortunetellers, enchanters
and necromancers |
| 1508 |
Mass
witch trials in B6arn |
| 1529 |
Trial
at Luxeuil by the Inquisition |
| 1557 |
Toulouse
witch trials: forty witches burned |
| 1580 |
Jean Bodin publishes D~monomanie condemning witches |
| 1589 |
Fourteen
witches at Tours appeal to King Henry III who is in turn
accused of protecting witches |
| 1625 |
Start
of general decline of witch trials in France |
| 1670 |
Rouen
witch trials |
| 1679
to
1682
|
The
notorious Chanibre d'ardent~ affair: Louis XIV's star
chamber investigates poison plots. and hears evidence
of widespread corruption and witchcraft. More than 300
people arrested, and 36 executed. The affair ended with
a royal edict which denied the reality of witchcraft and
sorcery. |
| 1745 |
Last execution for witchcraft in France (of Father Louis Debaraz
at Lyons) |
