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The Crime of Crimes
The Crime of Crimes: Demonology and Politics in France, 1560-1620 | Jonathan L. Pearl
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One of the most intriguing, and disturbing, aspects of history is that most people in early modern Europe believed in the reality and dangers of witchcraft. Most historians have described the witchcraft phenomenon as one of tremendous violence. In France, dozens of books, pamphets and tracts, depicting witchcraft as the most horrible of crimes, were published and widely distributed. Yet, in his new book, The Crime of Crimes: Demonology and Politics in France, 1560-1620, Jonathan Pearl shows that France carried out relatively few executions for witchcraft. Through careful research he shows that a zealous Catholic faction identified the Protestant rebels as traitors and heretics in league with the devil and clamoured for the political and legal establishment to exterminate these enemies of humanity. But the courts were dominated by moderate Catholics whose political views were in sharp contrast to those of the zealots and, as a result, the demonologists failed to ignite a major witch-craze in France. Very few studies have taken such a careful and penetrating look at demonology in France. The Crime of Crimes: Demonology and Politics in France, 1560-1620 sheds new light on an important period in the history of witchcraft and will be welcomed by scholars and laypersons alike.
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Moll
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Found all the words in the #Scarathlon2021 word search!

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AkashaVampie
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Just a teaser... thinking about making a Bingo Card for #CrimeADay readers. Any suggestions for prompts would be welcomed.

#TBRCrew

DieAReader Can you explain #CrimeADay to me?🧐 I‘m intrigued 😁 4y
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Working on my #CrimeADay book list.

Have u made yours yet? Everyone is welcome to join.

#TBRCrew

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AkashaVampie
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#CrimeADay #TBRCrew

Make a list if you would like to join the #CrimeADay Read. What mysteries can we solve together? Everyone Is Welcome At Any Time!!!

Use the hashtag and tag me (and anyone else that might want to try this out) with your list.

Clwojick So is the idea just to read crime/murder mystery books and tag you in the posts? Is it for a set time frame or ongoing? 4y
AkashaVampie @Clwojick awesome questions sweetie. This #CrimeADay read is for everyone at anytime. As long as it has crime in it, it counts. I wanted to make something like #PotterADay but where we could pick and choose what books we wanted to read. So thought Crime would be good. I'm going to be working on a Bingo Card for people of they can't think of what to read. It's a good way to pick off books from TBR lisy. Feel free to share to get word out. 4y
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AkashaVampie @Clwojick oh forgot about the tagging part. You can tag me, @ElizaMarie, @AsYouWish, @jb72 I think that's it. I will have to do a post to see who wants to be tagged. 4y
AkashaVampie @Squidget if u read this post, u should understand. If not I can answer any other questions u have. 4y
DieAReader 📚@AkashaVampie Thanks so much😁I just saw this & I am ALL IN! (BINGO too plz in case I get stumped or need/want some prompts) 😂 A good majority of what I regularly read (& have hoarded onto #MountTBR over the years) will fit nicely into #CrimeADay so I am pumped!! I love seeing what everyone is reading, so feel free to tag me anytime! I will post my list soon 📚😜 4y
AkashaVampie @Squidget awesome! Glad to have u aboard! 4y
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Here‘s my very messy entry for the last half of the mixer Scattegories game. Man, it was hard! #TeamSlaughter

MidnightBookGirl Messy?! Your handwriting is gorgeous! 4y
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#Scareathlon #TeamSlaughter 100points +26from games #PointsTotal-414
1. Crowbar, Rope, Imprints, Machete, Evidence
2. Crippen, Ramirez, Ivanov, Manson, Eckert
3. Cheating, Revenge, Illness, Money, Extortion
4. Cyanide, Revolver, IED, Machine gun, Electrocution
5. Columbine, Road to Jonestown, I‘ll be gone in the dark, Missoula, Executioners song
6. Criminal, Robes, Investigators, Marshall, Evidence
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Lizpixie 7. Cold case files, Real crime, I am the night, Making A murderer, Evil Genius 4y
Lizpixie 8. Carpooling, Rostered on, In hospital, Meeting, Emergency room 4y
Lizpixie 9. Choking, Regicide, Immolation, Methane poisoning, Embolism 4y
Lizpixie 10. Caucasian, Red haired, Infantile, Medium build, Ethnic 4y
Clwojick 100 points!! 4y
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Well, #TeamSlaughter, I asked and you answered! Since you‘re enjoying all the games I thought I‘d bring another one your way. I‘m glad everyone‘s having fun with it!

Fill in the blanks with words that begin with each letter in the word CRIME. Each answer is worth 2 points! You can either comment down below or write out a list for each print if that makes things easier.

Hit that spoiler button to hide your answers from the rest of the group!

madamereadsalot1 So do we go through and answer each with C, then R, then I, etc? Or does each category just have to start with one of those? Because if we can do the first, then I'm so gonna get a lot of points. 😆 4y
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kamoorephoto @madamereadsalot1 That was my question! Do we do it all with just one letter? 4y
alisiakae Is this only tonight, or can I post my answers tomorrow? It‘s been a crazy day and I am exhausted! 🎃 4y
Clwojick @madamereadsalot1 You go through the prompts one letter at a time 😉 SOOOOO we can get ALLL THE POINTS 4y
Clwojick @kamoorephoto HAHAHAHHAH!!! (evil laugh) Yes, you go through each prompt one letter at a time.... so a total of 10 answers per letter. 50 answers in total. 😉 4y
Clwojick @4thhouseontheleft This one is not timed, so definitely answer whenever you have time, so long as its before the end of the month. 😆 4y
madamereadsalot1 @clwojick. I'm not done. Ran out of characters, fixing to finish in my comments. Can you check that it's ok? I'll tag you in it eventually. 😅 4y
Clwojick @madamereadsalot1 it's all good! tag me in the second post, or in the comments whenever youre done. :) 4y
maleahrae 1. Charles Manson 2. Crumbs 3. Cheating 4. Cutlass 5. Chase Darkness with Me 6. Chairs 7. Cops 8. Cooking class 9. Cut head off 10. Cold 4y
maleahrae 1. Rope 2. Richard Ramirez 3. Rage 4. Rope 5. The Road to Jamestown 6. Recoding Device 7. Real Detective 8. Reading to children 9. Run over 10. Really mean 4y
EadieB @Clwojick
1. Found at a crime scene:
Clothes
Ring
Investigator
Machete
Evidence

2. Famous Killer
Castillo, Juan
Raider, Dennis
Ireland, Colin
Manson, Charles
Edwards, Bradley Robert

3. Motive
Cheater
Revenge
Instability
Mental Anxiety
Emotional

4. Murder Weapon
Crowbar
Rope
Icepick
Machine Gun
Electric Razor in Bathwater

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maleahrae 1. Indecent corpse 2. Ian Brady 3. Items stolen 4. Ice pick 5. In Cold Blood 6. Inmate 7. The Innocent Man 8. In class 9. Injested poison 10. Intense 4y
EadieB @Clwojick
5. True Crime Book Title
Consent: Memoir of Unwanted Attention
Ryan Green True Crime Collection
Innocent Victims
Man Eater
Evil Within

6. Found in a court room
Criminal
Right Hand
Investigator
Mother
Evidence

7. True Crime Show
Cold Case Files
Real Crime Chronicles
I Almost Got Away With It
Making a Murderer
Evil Genius

8. Alibi
Church
Relative's House
I Loved Her
Metro Card Time Stamp
Evil Twin Did It
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EadieB @Clwojick
9. Cause of Death
Choking
Respiratory Disorder
Infection
Medical Complication
Electrocution

10. Description of a Killer
Cruel
Right Handed
Insensitive
Male
Evil
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maleahrae 1. Murder weapon 2. Menendez brothers 3. Money 4. Machete 5. Mindhunter 6. Murderer 7. Making a Murderer 8. Mom's house 9. Multiple stab wounds 10. Moles, lots of 'em 4y
maleahrae 1. Extra blood 2. Ed Kemper 3. Extra credit 4. Elastic waistband 5. The Executioners Song 6. Evidence 7. Evil Twins 8. Extra terrestrials abducted me 9. Electrocuted 10. Extra ear hair 4y
kezzlou85 Found at a crime scene Clues, RIngs Identification Mud EVidence 4y
kezzlou85 Famous killer Andre Chikatilo, Richard Ramirez, Colin Ireland, Ivan Milat, Gary Evans. 4y
kezzlou85 MOTIVE Cheating, Revenge, Insanity, Money, Evidence cover up. 4y
kezzlou85 MURDER WEAPON Candlestick, Revolver, Ice pick, Machete, Electricity 4y
kezzlou85 CRIME BOOK TITLE Criminal Masterminds, Road to James town, Illustrated True Crime, Manhunt, execution sites of Devon and Cornwall. 4y
kezzlou85 FOUND IN A COURTROOM Chairs , Robes, Investigators, Magistrate, Evidence 4y
kezzlou85 TRUE CRIME TV SHOW Cold Case Files, Reasonable doubt, I almost got away with it, Murder comes to town, Evil lives here 4y
kezzlou85 ALIBI Celebrating with others, Relative, Incarcerated, Mother, Employment 4y
kezzlou85 CAUSE OF DEATH Choking, Run over, Impaled, Murdered, Exsanguination 4y
kezzlou85 DESCRIPTIONS OF A KILLER Cold, Ruthless, Insane, Manic, Evil. @Clwojick 4y
Sleepswithbooks C= 1. Crossbow 2. Charlie “Chop-Off” 3. Cujo 4. Club. 5. “Chase the darkness with me.” 6. Criminal 7. Crime to Remember 8. Cuddling 9. Choke 10. Carrot-topped White Dude with an Overbite. 4y
MidnightBookGirl 1. Crime Tape, Ring, Id Card, Memory stick, Evidence
2. Charles Albright, Rodnet Akcala, Ian Brady, Margaret Waters, Edward Kemper
3. Cheating,Revenge!, Ignorance, Money, Excessive greed.
4. Crowbar, Revolver,Ice Pick, Monkey Wrench, Elbow.
5. Crime of the Century, In the Garden of Beasts, The Riverman, Mindhunter, Executioner's Song
6. Chairs, Reporters, Investigators, Microphones, Evidence.
7. Crime of the Century, Rest in Power , Innocent Man,
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Linsy 1. corpse, rats, intestines, maggots, ear 4y
Linsy 2. Catherine de Medici, (Jack the) Ripper, Ivan the Terrible, Mary Ann Cotton, Elizabeth Báthory (The Blood Countess) 4y
Linsy 3. Creep Rejected In Marital Expectations. 4y
Linsy 4. candlestick, riding crop, ill-fitting suit, music box, ear-horn 4y
Linsy 5. Conan Doyle for the Defense, (The) Royal Art of Poison, In Cold Blood, Murder in the Garden of Good and Evil, (The Art of the) English Murder 4y
Linsy 6. Courtesans, Reprobates, Infidels, Mobsters, Enemies 4y
Linsy 7. Crime Lab, Raw Opium, Inside the American Mob, Making a Murderer, Enron 4y
Linsy 8. crocheting, reading, itching, meandering, etching 4y
Linsy 9. constipation, radiation, inebriation, mummification, ejaculation 4y
Linsy 10. Curvatious redhead, Ignorant mistress. Enlightened. 4y
Sleepswithbooks R: 1. Reece Cups 2. Richard Chase (The Vampire of Sacramento) 3. Revenge 4. Rake 5. “Run of his 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦.” 6. Reports 7. “Real Detective “ 8. Resisting the police 9. Rabies inflicted by injection 10. Reading of onions and rage. 4y
Sleepswithbooks I = 1. Insects 🕷 2. Irvin, Leslie 3. Insanity 4. Ice pick 5. “In Cold Blood.” 6. Irate Relatives 7. “I was murdered.” 8. “I was pooping at the time.” 9. Impaling.” 10. Ichabod Crane looking fella. 4y
Sleepswithbooks M= 1. Mucas 2. Manson, Charles 3. Murder 4. Machete 5. “Monster “ 6. Magistrate 7. “Making a Murderer “ 8. Meandering through the Vatican 9. Massacre 10. Man as Hairy as a Wooly Mammoth. 4y
Sleepswithbooks E= 1. Earwax 2. Edmund Kemper 3. Envy 4. Escargot 5. “Echoes of my Soul” 6. Envelopes 7. “Evil Turns” 8. Engaged in confession with his priest 9. Euthanasia 10. Enormous wall of a man 4y
Rissa1 *C 1. Carcass 2 JUAN CORONA 3.CASH 4.CHAINSAW 5. Columbine 6. Camera 7. a Crime to Remember 8.conference call 9. Crushed 10. cruel 4y
MoonWitch94 Earring; Rader (Dennis); Revenge, Machete, Mindhunter, Evidence, Cold Justice, Island hopping with a friend, Crushed to death, Icy Starr, creepy smile, male 4y
Clwojick ☠ ☠ ☠ ☠ 4y
RainyDayReading Not sure if we can still do this or not but I still wanted to share my answers anyway since I came up with some. 1. Cigarettes 2. Crippin (Dr.) 3. Cheating 4. Cleaver 5. Chase Darkness with Me 6. Chairs 7. Crime to Remember 8. Class (in school) 9. Choking 10. Cynical 4y
RainyDayReading 1. Ring 2. Richard Ramirez 3. Revenge. 4. Rope. 5. Rage to Kill and Other Stories 6. Reporters 7. Real Crime 8. Racing (NASCAR) 9. Respiratory failure 10. Rattled 1. ID 2. Irvin, Leslie 3. Increasing boredom 4. Ice pick 5. In Cold Blood 6. Investigator 7. Innocent Man 8. In bed with someone 9. Immurement 10. Icy 4y
RainyDayReading 1. Muddy footprints 2. Michael Madison 3. Money 4. Mallet 5. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 6. Men 7. Murder Mountain 8. Movies 9. Mortal wound 10. Mean 1. Empty safe 2. Eastbound strangler 3. Envy 4. Explosives 5. Executioner‘s Song 6. Experts 7. Evil Lives Here 8. Expo (going to a) 9. Exsanguination 10. Entirely normal. 4y
Clwojick @RainyDayReading Absolutely! i've added the points to your total! 4y
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Let the fun begin! I‘m attending the crime novel festival in Helsinki! I‘m pretty much surrounded by older women 🤔

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Couldn't resist the sneak peek!

I know you're probably super busy right now but guess what's all pack up and heading to you tomorrow @Jabberwocky 😊😊😊
I'm going to apologize now for the lack of snacks...I might have run out of room 🤔
#itstrulycriminalswap @JenlovesJT47

Melissa_J That wrapping paper is awesome! 6y
FantasyChick @Melissa_J I know! I absolutely love it. I ordered from Spoonflower. They have so much great stuff but it takes a long time to ship and I find the paper really, really thick. Great for the theme though 😈 6y
JenlovesJT47 Awesome! 6y
Jabberwocky Aaaaamazingg!!!! I‘ll be packing up and sending your box off after we leave for the honeymoon 😅 I anticipated more free time than I have! You should still get it on time ♥️♥️ 6y
FantasyChick @Jabberwocky here I am stalking my own profile, lol. I know you've been super busy lately but I just wanted to check and be sure that you got this ok! 5y
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