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Titolo |
The Lancashire witches [[electronic resource] ] : histories and stories / / edited by Robert Poole |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
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New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002 |
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1-84779-549-8 |
1-78170-015-X |
1-280-73414-0 |
9786610734146 |
1-84779-021-6 |
1-4175-7477-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Trials (Witchcraft) - England - Pendle - History - 17th century |
Witchcraft - England - History - 17th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Eight of the ten essays are from a conference held Apr. 23-24, 1999 at St. Martin's College. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-218) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: the Lancashire witches in historical context James Sharpe; 2 Potts, plots and politics: James I's Daemonologie and The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches Stephen Pumfrey; 3 Thomas Potts's 'dusty memory': reconstructing justice in The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches Marion Gibson; 4 'Those to whom evil is done': family dynamics in the Pendle witch trials Jonathan Lumby; 5 Witchcraft, economy and society in the forest of Pendle John Swain; 6 The Reformation in the parish of Whalley Michael Mullett |
7 Beyond Pendle: the 'lost' Lancashire witches Kirsteen Macpherson Bardell8 The pilot's thumb: Macbeth and the Jesuits Richard Wilson; 9 Sexual and spiritual politics in the events of 1633-34 and The Late Lancashire Witches Alison Findlay; 10 The 'Lancashire novelist' and the Lancashire witches Jeffrey Richards; 11 Wicca, Paganism and history: |
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