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Witchcraft

- A History in Thirteen Trials
Af: Marion Gibson Engelsk Paperback

Witchcraft

- A History in Thirteen Trials
Af: Marion Gibson Engelsk Paperback
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'These stories of witchcraft, true and vividly told, demonstrate the potent reality of belief in evil and how in any era or place fear can be weaponised and marginal people, mostly women, labelled as wicked and dangerous. Together they comprise not just a history of witchcraft but a cautionary tale
Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin of All Witches
 
'Thought-provoking and timely... Searing'
Jessie Childs, The Times
 
In Witchcraft,  Professor Marion Gibson uses thirteen significant trials to tell the global history of witchcraft and witch-hunts. As well as exploring the origins of witch-hunts through some of the most famous trials from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, it takes us in new and surprising directions.Three women were prosecuted under a version of the 1735 Witchcraft Act as recently as 2018.
 
Professor Gibson also tells the stories of the ‘witches’ – mostly women like Helena Scheuberin, Anny Sampson and Joan Wright, whose stories have too often been overshadowed by those of the powerful men, such as King James I and ‘Witchfinder General’ Matthew Hopkins, who hounded them.

Once a tool invented by demonologists to hurt and silence their enemies, witch trials have been twisted and transformed over the course of history and the lines between witch and witch-hunter blurred. For the fortunate, a witch-hunt is just a metaphor, but, as this book makes clear, witches are truly still on trial.  
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'These stories of witchcraft, true and vividly told, demonstrate the potent reality of belief in evil and how in any era or place fear can be weaponised and marginal people, mostly women, labelled as wicked and dangerous. Together they comprise not just a history of witchcraft but a cautionary tale
Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin of All Witches
 
'Thought-provoking and timely... Searing'
Jessie Childs, The Times
 
In Witchcraft,  Professor Marion Gibson uses thirteen significant trials to tell the global history of witchcraft and witch-hunts. As well as exploring the origins of witch-hunts through some of the most famous trials from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, it takes us in new and surprising directions.Three women were prosecuted under a version of the 1735 Witchcraft Act as recently as 2018.
 
Professor Gibson also tells the stories of the ‘witches’ – mostly women like Helena Scheuberin, Anny Sampson and Joan Wright, whose stories have too often been overshadowed by those of the powerful men, such as King James I and ‘Witchfinder General’ Matthew Hopkins, who hounded them.

Once a tool invented by demonologists to hurt and silence their enemies, witch trials have been twisted and transformed over the course of history and the lines between witch and witch-hunter blurred. For the fortunate, a witch-hunt is just a metaphor, but, as this book makes clear, witches are truly still on trial.  
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781398508538
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1398508535
Kategori: Heksekunst
Udg. Dato: 26 sep 2024
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 196mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Oplagsdato: 26 sep 2024
Forfatter(e): Marion Gibson
Forfatter(e) Marion Gibson


Kategori Heksekunst


ISBN-13 9781398508538


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 23mm


Bredde 196mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 26 sep 2024


Oplagsdato 26 sep 2024


Forlag Simon & Schuster Ltd

Kategori sammenhænge