Anton Praetorius

Lippstadt

Anton Praetorius (1560 – 6 December 1613) was a German Calvinist pastor who spoke out against the persecution of witches (witchhunts, witchcraft trials) and against torture.[1]

  1. ^ Williams, Gerhild S. (2013). "Demonologies". In Levack, Brian P. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America. Oxford University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780199578160.