Ridgeway, Sir Thomas, justice of the peace, 243,245
Robbins, Russell Hope, 109
Robert le Bougre, inquisitor, 228
Robert of Bristol, in Kyteler case, 198
Roman religion, 12–14
Rothar, king of Lombards, 208
Rudolf Ardent, monk, 58
Runciman, Sir Steven, 108
Runeberg, Arno, 110, 115-17,120, 123,125,152
Sacrilege, accusations of, xii; against Templars, 86,91,92; against witches, 102,227
Saisset, Bernard, bishop of Pamicrs, 180
Sallust, 6
Santi, Louis de, 135
Satan, see Devil, the
Satanism, see Devil-worship
Scot, Michael, astrologer, 166,173
Scot, Reginald, writer on magic and witchcraft, 167,169,171
Sepúlveda, Juan Ginez de, biographer, 53 and n.
Sermet, Antoine-Pascal-Hyacinthe (“le Père Sermet”), 135-6
Setto, Antonio di, inquisitor, 37-8
Shepherd of Hermas, The, 67
Siegfried III, archbishop of Mainz, 27-8,29–30,32
Sierra Leone, “leopard men” of, 7
Simmerthal case, 204-5
Sodomy, Templars accused of, 85, 87, 89
Soldan, Wilhelm Gottlieb, 126,129, 139
Solomon, King, 167,173 See also Lemegeton
Spee, Friedrich von, Jesuit, 253
Spina, Bartolommeo, on witch’s salve, 220
Spirituals, Franciscan, 43
Stalin,Josef Vassarionovich, 86
Stedelen, accused at Simmerthal, 204
Stedinger, peasants, 29 n.
Stewart, Francis, Earl of Bothwell, 119-20,121
strix, striges, See Flying witches
Stürmlin, accused of maleficia, 243
Styles, Elizabeth, alleged witch, 111
Suetonius, 14
Sulpicius Severus, biographer, 67
“synagogue” (orgiastic assembly), 41, 100,230; See also Witches’ sabbat
Talion, 161-2
Tartarotti-Serbati, Girolamo, folklorist, 103
Tatian, Christian apologist, 2
Temple, the (Order of the Knights Templars), founded, 75-6; role of, in the East, 76; wealth of, 76; as bankers, 76-7; autonomy of, 78; unpopularity of, 79; ejected from Palestine, 80; antagonizes Philip the Fair, 82; attacked by Philip, 83, 84-5; accusations against, xii, 85-6,92, 187,259; innocence of, 86-8; torture used against, 90-1,93,94; confessions obtained from, 91; propaganda against, 91-3,187; attitude of Clement V to, 93-4, 187; papal commissions on, 95-6; innocence of, affirmed by members, 95-6,97; suppression of, 95-6,181
Tertullian, 2, 3, 8–9,14,41,67
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, 62
Theodoret, ecclesiastical historian, 68
Theophilus, legend of, 233
Thomas Aquinas, St, on angels and demons, 68; not concerned with witches, 174; on incubi and succubi, 175, 237; on ritual magic, 175-6,177
Torso, Conrad, unofficial inquisitor, 25-8,29
Torture, meaning of, 254-5; See also Inquisitorial procedure
Tostato, Alfonso, on witch’s salve, 220
Trachtenberg, Joshua, xiii
Trent, Council of, 8
Trevisard family, accused of maleficia, 243-6, 247
Trithemius (Tritheim), abbot of Spanheim, 167
Trotsky, Lev Davidovich, 124
Vaissete, Joseph, Dom, historian of Languedoc, 127
Valdès, Valdo, founder of Waldensians, 32
Vallin, Pierre, alleged witch, 229-30, 232
Vauderie, 229; of Arras, 230-1, 232
Vaudois, see Waldensians
Visconti, Matteo, GhibeIIine leader, 192
Voisins, Pierre de, seneschal of Toulouse, 128
Voluntary poverty, cult of, amongst Waldensians, 32-3; amongst Franciscans, 42-3; amongst Fraticelli, 43-4,45