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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777327203321

Titolo

Early modern witches : witchcraft cases in contemporary writing / / [compiled by] Marion Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-60763-6

1-134-60764-4

1-280-22474-6

9786610224746

0-203-99230-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GibsonMarion <1970->

Disciplina

133.430942

133.43094209031

Soggetti

16th century

17th century

England

History

Witchcraft

Witchcraft - England - History - 16th century - Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Editions used; Editorial practice; Sources for students; Introduction; 1 The Examination and Confession of certaine Wytches (1566); 2 The Examination of John Walsh (1566); 3 A Rehearsall both straung and true (1579); 4 A Detection of damnable driftes (1579); 5 Richard Galis, A brief treatise (1579); 6 W.W., A true and just Recorde (1582); 7 The severall factes of Witch-crafte (1585); 8 The Apprehension and confession of three notorious Witches (1589); 9 A Most Wicked worke of a wretched Witch (1592)

10 'A memoriall of certaine most notorious witches' (1595)11 'The severall practises of Johane Harrison and her daughter' (1606); 12 The Witches of Northamptonshire (1612); 13 Thomas Potts, The Wonderfull



Discoverie of Witches (1612); 14 Witches Apprehended (1613); 15 The Wonderful Discovery of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Phillip Flower (1619); 16 Henry Goodcole, The wonderfull discoverie of Elizabeth Sawyer, a Witch (1621); Bibliography and further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This 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.