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Discussion published by Duncan Hardy on Wednesday, May 6, 2020

New Publication: Jesuit Prison Ministry in the Witch Trials of the Holy Roman Empire: Friedrich Spee SJ and his Cautio Criminalis (1631)

New Publication: Frank Sobiech, Jesuit Prison Ministry in the Witch Trials of the Holy Roman Empire: Friedrich Spee SJ and his Cautio Criminalis (1631) (Rome: IHSI, 2019).