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Mary Schweidler, the amber witch

The most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known, printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father, Abraham Schweidler, the pastor of Coserow, in the island of Usedom

by Wilhelm Meinhold & Lucie Duff Gordon (Translator)

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, German
  • Content type: Fiction
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"Mary Schweidler, the amber witch" by Wilhelm Meinhold is a German novel published in 1838. Originally presented as an authentic 17th-century chronicle, this literary hoax tells the story of Maria Schweidler, a pastor's daughter falsely accused of witchcraft during the Thirty Years' War. When a rejected suitor conspires against her, Maria faces trial and torture, confessing to crimes she never committed. The deception fooled critics across Germany, sparking debates about historical authenticity that Meinhold intended as a challenge to modern biblical scholarship. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Witchcraft” and “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the subtitle, “Witchcraft” in the description, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Witchcraft”· in subtitle
    • “Witchcraft”· in description
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject

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part of the second volume of a 2-volume multi-work edition

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The most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known, printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father, Abraham Schweidler, the pastor of Coserow, in the island of Usedom

Open Library record

1845Wiley and PutnamEnglish, German—No ebook

The most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known, printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father, Abraham Schweidler, the pastor of Coserow in the island of Usedom / edited by W. Meinhold ; translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon.

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2005-08-01Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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Cataloging notes

  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PT2430 .M35 S52
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: part of the second volume of a 2-volume multi-work edition
  • Translators: Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady
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openlibrary-work:OL38599193W
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