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<p>This microhistory investigates the famous and scandalous 1731 trial in which Catherine Cadière, a young woman in the south of France, accused her Jesuit confessor, Jean-Baptiste Girard, of seduction, heresy, abortion, and bewitchment. Generally considered to be the last witchcraft trial in early modern France, the Cadière affair was central to the volatile politics of 1730s France, a time when magistrates and lawyers were seeking to contain clerical power. </p><p>Mita Choudhury’s examination

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Author

Mita Choudhury; Project Muse

Publisher

The Pennsylvania State University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780271077048

Category

history

Subjects

Law, Religion, Religion, Politics & State

Updated

2026-03-25