Ventilation, “bewitched kine” the result of bad, 8 Vermin. _See_ Insects Virgil, quoted, 26 Weevils, prosecuted for damage to vineyards, 38-49 Wemding, recent case of diabolical possession in, 75 Were-wolves, incarnate ghosts, 195; decree for their extermination, 198 _Werther_, Goethe’s, sentimentalism and suicidism produced by, 253 Winterstetter, Georg, his rescript concerning gadflies, 125 Witches in Judaic and mediæval law, on a par with animals, 145; rendered harmless by burning, 196 Worms, Council of, its decree concerning tainted honey, 9 Zarathushtra (Zoroaster), his ethics and its workings, 57-59 Zoöpsychology, in its relation to anthropopyschology and criminology, 237 Zupetta, on partial vitiation of mind, 201 _Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London and Bungay._ FOOTNOTES: [1] The name is also spelled Chassanée and Chasseneux. In the Middle Ages, and even as late as the end of the eighteenth century, the orthography of proper names was very uncertain. [2] “Item: a été délibéré que la ville se joindra aux paroisses de cette province qui voudront obtenir de Rome une excommunication contre les insects et que l’on contribuera aux frais au pro rata.” [3] These animals are spoken of as _unvernünftige Thierlein genannt Lutmäuse_. _Lut_ might be derived from the Old German _lût_ (_Laut_, Schrei), in which case _Lutmaus_ would mean shrew-mouse; but it is more probably from _lutum_ (loam, mould), and signifies mole or field-mouse. Field-mice are exceedingly prolific rodents, and in modern as well as in mediæval times have often done grievous harm to husbandry and arboriculture by consuming roots and fruits and gnawing the bark of young trees. The recklessness of hunters in exterminating foxes, hedgehogs, polecats, weasels, buzzards, crows, kites, owls and similar beasts and birds, which are destructive of field-mice, has frequently caused the latter to multiply so as to become a terrible plague. This was the case in England in 1813-14, and in Germany in 1822, and again in 1856. [4] The first part of this treatise, consisting of seventeen chapters, discusses the different kinds of “monitoires” and their applications. Only the second part, describing the legal procedure, is here printed. [5] A few early instances of excommunication and malediction, our knowledge of which is derived chiefly from hagiologies and other legendary sources, are not included in the present list, such, for example, as the cursing and burning of storks at Avignon by St. Agricola in 666, and the expulsion of venomous reptiles from the island Reichenau in 728 by Saint Perminius. [6] This case is probably identical with and an adjournment of that of 1478. [7] Identical with the sentences covering the period of 1500-1530.