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Author: Joe Revill
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781780920092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA tale of witchcraft in the Northern Isles, in which long-concealed secrets are revealed -- including some that concern the Great Detective himself! -- Cover, p. [4]
Author: George Lincoln Burr
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 584
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Rapley
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780773523128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work is the story of passion and intrigue, conspiracy, corruption and mass hystria in Loudun, France in the 17th century. It tells of Urbain Grandier, a priest who was accused and found guilty of sorcery.
Author: Marion Gibson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-10-07
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1134607636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of pamphlets describes fifteen English witchcraft cases in detail, vividly recreating events to give the reader the illusion of actually being present at witchcraft accusations, trials and hangings. But how much are we victims of literary manipulation by these texts? The pamphlets are presented in annotated format, to allow the reader to decide. Some of the texts appear in print for the first time in three centuries, whilst others are newly edited to give a clearer picture of sources.
Author: Joe Revill
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Published: 2012-09-19
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1780922914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA tale of witchcraft in the Northern Isles, in which some long-concealed secrets are revealed - concerning not only the Dark Arts but also the Great Detective himself.
Author: Ivan Bunn
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-11-04
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1134696337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1662, Amy Denny and Rose Cullender were accused of witchcraft, and, in one of the most important of such cases in England, stood trial and were hanged in Bury St Edmunds. A Trial of Witches is a complete account of this sensational trial and an analysis of the court procedures, and the larger social, cultural and political concerns of the period. In a critique of the official process, the book details how the erroneous conclusions of the trial were achieved. The authors consider the key participants in the case, including the judge and medical witness, their institutional importance, their part in the fate of the women and their future careers. Through detailed research of primary sources, the authors explore the important implications of this case for the understanding of hysteria, group mentality, social forces and the witchcraft phenomenon as a whole.
Author: E. J. Kent
Publisher: Brepols Pub
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9782503524740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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: Emerson W. Baker
Publisher: Pivotal Moments in American Hi
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 019989034X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents an historical analysis of the Salem witch trials, examining the factors that may have led to the mass hysteria, including a possible occurrence of ergot poisoning, a frontier war in Maine, and local political rivalries.
Author: Geraldine Woods
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780766013834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the events surrounding the Salem Witchcraft Trials and the unjust treatment of those who were falsely accused.
Author: Simon Read
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014-06-02
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 0750957220
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn Wednesday 14 February 1945, the body of Charles Walton was discovered on the lower slopes of Meon Hill near the sleepy Warwickshire village of Lower Quinton, his torso pinned to the ground by a pitchfork. Myths and rumours soon swirled about the crime. Accounts claim Walton, a retired labourer and a lifelong resident of Lower Quinton, was believed by many to be a clairvoyant who could talk to birds and exercise control over animals. It has even been reported that many villagers attributed Walton's death to ritual witchcraft. But what is fact and what is fiction? The most famous police officer in Britain, Chief Inspector Robert Fabian, was promptly dispatched by Scotland Yard to solve this increasingly peculiar and foreboding mystery. 'Fabian of the Yard' was not a man prone to superstition and had dealt with some of the most notorious killers of his time – but there was something strange about the Walton murder. Did the clues point to ritual witchcraft as the modus operandi, or was the black magic angle merely a ruse? With the villagers unable – or unwilling – to shed light on the matter, Fabian faced, for the only time in his glittering career, the daunting prospect of failure. The Case That Foiled Fabian lays out for the first time what actually happened and distills the truth from the many myths about this case that are today mistaken for facts.
