Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (born 1591)

Friedrich Spee

German Jesuit priest, professor and poet (1591–1635)

Friedrich Spee was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most well known as a forceful opponent of witch trials and one who was an insider writing from the epicenter of the European witch-phobia. Spee argued strongly against the use of torture, and as an eyewitness he…