La Michelet, Jules 1798-1874 creator text utu 2012 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "La Sorcière" by Jules Michelet is a historical study published in 1862. Michelet presents a radical interpretation of medieval witchcraft as an act of rebellion against feudalism and the Catholic Church. Through imaginative reconstruction and historical episodes from infamous witch trials, he portrays witches sympathetically as leaders of a secret religion born from oppression. Though largely inaccurate by modern standards, this pioneering work was among the first to defend rather than condemn those accused of witchcraft. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism_and_Witchcraft_(book) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Sorci%C3%A8re_(essai) Release date is 2012-11-25 Produced by Laurent Vogel, Hélène de Mink, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) Original publication data not identified Satanism -- History -- To 1500 Witchcraft -- History -- To 1500 Demonomania -- History -- To 1500 Superstition -- History -- To 1500 BF Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41486 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41486 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133940.0 41486