Won the 2005 Roland Bainton prize in the category of History and Theology, sponsored by the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, thousands of women confessed to being witches and were put to death. This book is a gripping account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of witches, particularly in Germany, as well as a deeper exploration of the psychology of witch-hunting in modern culture.