Witchcraft In The British Isles And New England

Author : Brian P. Levack
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136538836
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft in the British Isles and New England written by Brian P. Levack and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchcraft and magical beliefs have captivated historians and artists for millennia, and stimulated an extraordinary amount of research among scholars in a wide range of disciplines. This new collection, from the editor of the highly acclaimed 1992 set, Articles on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology, extends the earlier volumes by bringing together the most important articles of the past twenty years and covering the profound changes in scholarly perspective over the past two decades. Featuring thematically organized papers from a broad spectrum of publications, the volumes in this set encompass the key issues and approaches to witchcraft research in fields such as gender studies, anthropology, sociology, literature, history, psychology, and law. This new collection provides students and researchers with an invaluable resource, comprising the most important and influential discussions on this topic. A useful introductory essay written by the editor precedes each volume.

Author : Brian Paul Levack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780815336686
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft in the British Isles and New England written by Brian Paul Levack and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Paul Levack
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815336693
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demonology, Religion, and Witchcraft written by Brian Paul Levack and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2001 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Willow Winsham
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473850045
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accused written by Willow Winsham and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true stories of eleven notorious women, across five centuries, who were feared, victimized, and condemned for witchcraft in the British Isles. Beginning with the late Middle Ages—from Ireland to Hampshire—hundreds of women were accused of spellcasting, wicked seduction, murder, and consorting with the devil. Most were fated for the gallows or the stake. What did it mean for these prisoners to stand accused? What were they really guilty of? And by whom were they persecuted? Drawing on a wealth of primary sources including trial documents, church and census records, and the original sensationalist pamphlets describing the crimes, historian Willow Winsham finds the startling answers to these questions. In the process, she resurrects the lives, deaths, and mysteries of eleven women subjected to history’s most notable witch trials. From Irish “sorceress” Alice Kyteler who, in 1324 was the first accused witch on record, to Scottish psychic Helen Duncan who, in 1944, was the last woman imprisoned under Britain’s Witchcraft Act of 1735. Dames, servant girls, aggrieved neighbors, suspect widows, cat ladies, prostitutes, mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters. Accused brings all these victims, and the eras in which they lived and died, back to life in “an incredibly well researched . . . stunning and admirable piece of work, highly recommended” (Terry Tyler, author of the Project Renova series).

Author : Justin Winsor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Literature of Witchcraft in New England written by Justin Winsor and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Levack, Brian Paul Levack
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815336723
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Perspectives on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology: Witchcraft in the British Isles and New England written by Levack, Brian Paul Levack and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2001 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Lyman Kittredge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft in Old and New England written by George Lyman Kittredge and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. J. Kent
Publisher : Brepols Pub
ISBN 13 : 9782503524740
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cases of Male Witchcraft in Old and New England, 1592-1692 written by E. J. Kent and published by Brepols Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this book include: Nicholas Stockdale, Norfolk, 1593-1619; Edwin Haddesley, Essex, 1597-1607; John Lowes, Suffolk, 1600-45; Hugh Parsons, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1648-52; John Godfrey, Massachusetts, 1640-75; and George Burroughs, Salem Village, Massachusetts, 1692.

Author : Various
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 152876479X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demonology and Witchcraft in the British Isles and Ireland written by Various and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eclectic volume on the history of the supernatural in Britain and Ireland. Illustrating detailed aspects of mysticism and sorcery, this volume is a carefully curated collection of articles containing information on demons, witches, and spirits in the history of the British Isles and Ireland. The contents of this volume feature: - Elizabethan Demonology: Thomas Alfred Spalding - Scottish Demonology and Witchcraft - The Spirit World of Wales - Irish Witchcraft and Demonology: St. John D. Seymour

Author : Willow Winsham
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473870968
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book England's Witchcraft Trials written by Willow Winsham and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of Accused comes “an entertaining as well as illuminating” history of Britain’s most infamous witch hunts and trials (Magnolia Review). With the echo of that chilling injunction, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live,” hundreds of people were accused and tried for witchcraft across England throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With fear and suspicion rife, neighbor turned against neighbor, friend against friend, as women, men, and children alike were caught up in the deadly fervor that swept through villages. From the feared covens of Pendle Forest to the victims of the notorious and fanatical Witchfinder Generals Matthew Hopkins and John Stearns, so-called witches were suspected, accused, and dragged to trial to await judgement and face their inevitable and damnable fate. In this “interesting, informative and insightful” book, historian Willow Winsham draws on a wealth of primary sources including trial transcripts, parish, and country records, and the often sensational—and highly prejudicial—pamphlets that were published after each trial. Her exhaustive research reveals just how frightening, violent, and terribly common the scourge really was, and explores the social conditions, class divisions, and religious mania that stoked its flames (All About History).