1634

Balthasar Bekker

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First name
Balthasar
Last name
Bekker
Date of Birth
1634
Date of Death
1698
Born in
Metslawier
Died in
Amsterdam

Balthasar Bekker was a Dutch minister and author of philosophical and theological works. Opposing superstition, he was a key figure in the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern Europe. His best known work is De Betoverde Weereld (1691), or The World Bewitched (1695).

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