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Will the Real Johann Weyer Please Stand Up (2137 words) |
 | Weyer is a hero to proponents of the psychopathological interpretation of witch hunts; these scholars were psychiatrists and psychologists who turned their efforts toward writing histories of their professions. |
| Weyer's case was so weak that the opposition was astounded when he dared to republish it; their response demolished his contentions, and the net result of his efforts was to exacerbate an already tense situation. |
| Weyer described, in great detail, the horrifying powers of Satan and his demonic minions in order to set up his major contentions: In the first place, there is a grave threat to society from evil magicians who carry out their studies with the aid of demons. |
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Johann Weyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (652 words) |
| From 1534, Weyer studied medicine in Paris and later in Orleans (It appears unlikely that he obtained the title of Doctor through these studies). |
| In spite of a subsidy from emperor Charles V, Arnhem was no longer able to pay Weyer's salary in 1550 and Weyer moved to Cleves, where he became court doctor to duke Wilhelm V von Jülich-Kleve-Berg, through mediation by humanist Konrad Heresbach. |
| Weyer criticised the Malleus Maleficarum and the witch hunting by the Christian authorities; he was said to have been the first person that used the term "mentally ill" to designate those women accused of practising witchcraft. |
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