Friedrich Spee
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Friedrich Spee (also Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld; February 25, 1591 – August 7, 1635) was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most well-known as a forceful opponent of witch trials and one who was an insider writing from the epicenter of the European witch-phobia. Spee argued strongly against the use of torture, and as an eyewitness he gathered a book full of details regarding its cruelty and unreliability. He wrote, "Torture has the power to create witches where none exist."
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See also
- Gianfrancesco Ponzinibio (fl. 1520)
- Johannes Wier (1515–1588)
- Reginald Scot (1538–1599)
- Cornelius Loos (1546–1595)
- Anton Praetorius (1560–1613)
- Alonso Salazar y Frias (1564–1636)
- Balthasar Bekker (1634–1698)
- Robert Calef (1648–1719)
- Francis Hutchinson (1660–1739)
- Christian Thomasius (1655-1728)
- Árni Magnússon (1633–1730)
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