Seminar outline for HST115: The 'Disenchantment' of Early Modern Europe c. 1570-1770, produced for the 2007 session at the Department of History, University of Sheffield. Includes an exercise on the story of the cat massacre by Nicholas Contat (1730s). In this exercise students are asked to examine the highlighted parts of the story. With help from the tutor they should be able to pick out themes about rituals at the workplace.