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To be near at hand in the event Frémont was attempting to deceive, Jackson established his camps between South River and Middle River, near Weyer's Cave and Mount Meridian.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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To be near at hand in the event Frémont was attempting to deceive, Jackson established his camps between South River and Middle River, near Weyer's Cave and Mount Meridian.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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The paper's scope is limited and draws largely from Weyer's text.
To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994
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This accusation seems misguided, however, because Weyer's defense of heretics is both Erasmian and somewhat unnecessary to his defense of witches.
To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994
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Drawing on the theories on heresy of the church fathers and Erasmus, Weyer claimed that rooting out heretics did too much damage to the community and ruled out the possibility of a return to the faith. 45 Weyer's heresy argument is somewhat confusing and could yield some radical interpretations.
To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994
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Although he contradicts himself on punishment for magicians35, much of Weyer's wrath can be attributed to the harm inflicted upon innocent women by magicians when they made allegations of witchcraft in order to cover up their own ignorance or helplessness. 36
To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994
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But Weyer's Lutheran bent made it clear that humans were inherently sinful creatures inhabiting imperfect bodies doing battle with an incredibly powerful devil.
To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994
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By willingly inflicting harm on others, poisoners met Weyer's criteria for legal prosecution -- they were of a sound mind and had committed a physical crime. 25
To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994
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Midelfort asserts that Weyer's claim that witches were mentally disordered "was embedded in [his] far more radical claim that witchcraft was an idiotic or lunatic attempt to do the impossible."
To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994
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Weyer's animosity towards magicians seemed to stem largely from their learned status.
To Prevent a "Shipwreck of Souls": Johann Weyer and "De Praestigiis Daemonum." Elisa Slattery Elisa Slattery 1994
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