Faustus on Trial

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The Career of Johann Spies -- 1. Beginnings in Oberursel and Frankfurt -- 2. Printing in Heidelberg and Frankfurt for the Pure and True Religion -- 3. Problems of a Best Seller: Censorship and Piracy -- 4. Years of Promise and Disillusionment -- 5. Johann Spies: The Man behind the Historia -- II. The Making of the Historia von D. Johann Fausten -- 1. Compilation and Composition -- 2. The Emergence of the Faustian Pact -- 3. The Trial of Faustus. The Legacy of Witches and Learned Magicians -- 4. Dissonances and Unity in the Historia -- 5. The Contributions of Johann Spies to the Historia -- III. Appendix -- 1. The German Prefaces and Letters of Johann Spies -- 2. The Works Published and Printed by Johann Spies -- 3. Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations