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[anglerflsh]

Sir please talk about Pierre de Lancre I would love to hear what you have to say about him

He was the judge of Bordeaux in 1582 (the year may be off but I can't check my notes right now), and in 1608 he was put in charge of witch hunting by King Henry IV in thr French half of Basque; he's best known for the work he did in the Labourd witch hunts the following year!

It's a bit ironic he ended up in the Basque actually, because his family - and by extension him - disliked the people in that county and changed their own surname to disown their origins from there*

He also wrote three different books on the topic of witch hunting/witchcraft, between I believe 1612 and 1630? And he's an interesting figure because he doesn't seem to particularly like the task at hand, but to think it necessary. (Also allegedly, he used to disguise himself as a traveller to approach accused witches and gathered evidence that way. lol)