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Un procès de magiciens au XVIIIe siècle

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  • Didier Mathias Dupas

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[eng] Abstract The original of a surprising report, entitled «Procès des sorciers de Lyon 1742», is kept at the library of château de Grosbois-en-Montagne, covering a period of three years (1742-1745), the report describes strange proceedings to invoke angels. This manuscript lists countless cross-questionings. The procedure that started in 1742, led to the condemnation of twenty-nine individuals for magic practices in 1745. According to paradigms of the 17th and 18th centuries, those sentenced persons were considered as magicians and not as wizards, because the magician was defined by three criteria: it was a cultured person, able to trap and dominate spirits, and it was a man. The persons charged were painfully sentenced, even for that period, due to the backward mentality of some magistrates. According to them, the same crimes (magic and/or witchcraft) had to lead the same punishment: to be burnt at the stake. The presentation of this trial renews the general concepts on magic and magicians in the 17th and 18th centuries. [fre] Résumé La bibliothèque du château de Grosbois-en-Montagne conserve l'original d'un surprenant procès s'étalant sur trois ans (1742-1745), décrivant d'étranges démarches d'invocation d'anges, dont le titre est «Procès des sorciers de Lyon 1742». Ce manuscrit inventorie d'innombrables interrogatoires. La procédure qui a commencé en 1742, a abouti en 1745, à la condamnation de vingt-neuf individus pour pratiques magiques. Selon les paradigmes des XVlf-XVuT siècles, ces condamnés sont des magiciens et non des sorciers, car le magicien était défini par trois critères : c'était une personne cultivée, elle pouvait emprisonner des esprits pour les commander, et c'était un homme. Les sentences prononcées envers les inculpés ont été pénibles même pour cette période. Car les mentalités de certains magistrats n'avaient pas évolué. Pour eux, les mêmes crimes (magie et/ou sorcellerie) devaient aboutir à la même sanction: être brûlé. La présentation de ce procès renouvelle les concepts généraux sur la magie et les magiciens aux XVlF-XViif siècles.

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  • Didier Mathias Dupas, 2001. "Un procès de magiciens au XVIIIe siècle," Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 20(2), pages 219-229.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:hiseco:hes_0752-5702_2001_num_20_2_2223
    DOI: 10.3406/hes.2001.2223
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