Witchcraft, Sorcery and Superstition
Author: Jules Michelet
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780806516868
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Author: Jules Michelet
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780806516868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichelet's classic study of medieval hexes and spell-casting.
Author: Howard Williams
Publisher:
Published: 1865
Total Pages: 300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Callow
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-10-07
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1350196142
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Fascinating and vivid." New Statesman "Thoroughly researched." The Spectator "Intriguing." BBC History Magazine "Vividly told." BBC History Revealed "A timely warning against persecution." Morning Star "Astute and thoughtful." History Today "An important work." All About History "Well-researched." The Tablet On the morning of Thursday 29 June 1682, a magpie came rasping, rapping and tapping at the window of a prosperous Devon merchant. Frightened by its appearance, his servants and members of his family had, within a matter of hours, convinced themselves that the bird was an emissary of the devil sent by witches to destroy the fabric of their lives. As the result of these allegations, three women of Bideford came to be forever defined as witches. A Secretary of State brushed aside their case and condemned them to the gallows; to hang as the last group of women to be executed in England for the crime. Yet, the hatred of their neighbours endured. For Bideford, it was said, was a place of witches. Though 'pretty much worn away' the belief in witchcraft still lingered on for more than a century after their deaths. In turn, ignored, reviled, and extinguished but never more than half-forgotten, it seems that the memory of these three women - and of their deeds and sufferings, both real and imagined – was transformed from canker to regret, and from regret into celebration in our own age. Indeed, their example was cited during the final Parliamentary debates, in 1951, that saw the last of the witchcraft acts repealed, and their names were chanted, as both inspiration and incantation, by the women beyond the wire at Greenham Common. In this book, John Callow explores this remarkable reversal of fate, and the remarkable tale of the Bideford Witches.
Author: Howard Williams (M.A.)
Publisher:
Published: 1865
Total Pages: 342
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Howard Williams
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2018-04-05
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 3732659933
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original: The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Howard Williams
Author: Michael David Bailey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780742533875
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe only comprehensive, single-volume survey of magic available, this compelling book traces the history of magic and superstition in Europe from antiquity to the present. Focusing mainly on the medieval and early modern era, Michael Bailey also explores the ancient Near East, classical Greece and Rome, and the spread of magical systems_particularly modern witchcraft or Wicca_from Europe to the United States. He explains how magic was understood, constructed, and frequently condemned and how magical beliefs and practices have changed over time yet also remain vital even today.
Author: Frederick Valletta
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-03-02
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1351872591
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study examines the relationship between élite and popular beliefs in witchcraft, magic and superstition in England, analyzing such beliefs against the background of political, religious and social upheaval characteristic of the Civil War, Interregnum and Restoration periods. Belief in witchcraft received new impulses because of the general ferment of religious ideas and the tendency of participants in the Civil Wars to resort to imagery drawn from beliefs about the devil and witches; or to use portents to argue for the wrongs of their opponents. Throughout the work, the author stresses that deeply held superstitions were fundamental to belief in witches, the devil, ghosts, apparitions and supernatural healing. Despite the fact that popular superstitions were often condemned, it was recognized that their propaganda value was too useful to ignore. A host of pamphlets and treatises were published during this period which unashamedly incorporated such beliefs. Valletta here explores the manner in which political and religious authorities somewhat cynically used demonic imagery and language to discredit their opponents and to manipulate popular opinion.
Author: John Callow
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-10-07
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1350196142
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Fascinating and vivid." New Statesman "Thoroughly researched." The Spectator "Intriguing." BBC History Magazine "Vividly told." BBC History Revealed "A timely warning against persecution." Morning Star "Astute and thoughtful." History Today "An important work." All About History "Well-researched." The Tablet On the morning of Thursday 29 June 1682, a magpie came rasping, rapping and tapping at the window of a prosperous Devon merchant. Frightened by its appearance, his servants and members of his family had, within a matter of hours, convinced themselves that the bird was an emissary of the devil sent by witches to destroy the fabric of their lives. As the result of these allegations, three women of Bideford came to be forever defined as witches. A Secretary of State brushed aside their case and condemned them to the gallows; to hang as the last group of women to be executed in England for the crime. Yet, the hatred of their neighbours endured. For Bideford, it was said, was a place of witches. Though 'pretty much worn away' the belief in witchcraft still lingered on for more than a century after their deaths. In turn, ignored, reviled, and extinguished but never more than half-forgotten, it seems that the memory of these three women - and of their deeds and sufferings, both real and imagined – was transformed from canker to regret, and from regret into celebration in our own age. Indeed, their example was cited during the final Parliamentary debates, in 1951, that saw the last of the witchcraft acts repealed, and their names were chanted, as both inspiration and incantation, by the women beyond the wire at Greenham Common. In this book, John Callow explores this remarkable reversal of fate, and the remarkable tale of the Bideford Witches.
Author: Jules Michelet
Publisher:
Published: 1904
Total Pages: 382
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frederick Victor Alfred Valletta
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 317
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