LEADER 04410oam 2200625I 450 001 9910790230303321 005 20230725033457.0 010 $a1-280-68785-1 010 $a1-136-74005-8 010 $a9786613664792 010 $a0-203-81899-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203818992 035 $a(CKB)2670000000203657 035 $a(EBL)801840 035 $a(OCoLC)804664092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC801840 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL801840 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10570408 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL366479 035 $a(OCoLC)802053636 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000203657 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 00$aWitch hunting and witch trials $ethe indictments for witchcraft from the records of 1373 assizes held for the home circuit AD 1559-1736 /$follected and edited by C. l'Estrange Ewen 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge library editions. Witchcraft ;$vv. 3 300 $aFirst published in 1929. 311 $a1-138-98716-6 311 $a0-415-60463-X 327 $aCover; Witch Hunting and Witch Trials: The Indictments for Witchcraft from the Records of 1373 Assizen Held for the Home Circuit AD 1559-1736; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Ancient Laws against Witchcraft; Chaucer and Wycliffe; Growth of Witchcraft; Archbishop Cranmer; Elizabeth's Injunctions; Ecclesiastical Cases; Acts of Parliament; Definition of Terms; Punishments for Witchcraft, England; Punishments for Witchcraft, Scotland; Punishments for Witchcraft, Ireland; Condition of Gaols; Further Punishments; Military Action 327 $aRatio of Death Sentences to ArraignmentsReprieves; Lesser Punishments; Suspicion; Pardons; Escapes; Accusations in Upper Circles; The Last Executions in England; Repeal of the Statute; The Courts and Jurisdiction; The Commission of Gaol Delivery, 1653; A Writ of Summons, 1653; The Circuits; Venues of the Assizes; The Judges; Procedure; Bail; An Information. 1647; An Examination, 1647; A Warrant, 1701; Recognizance of a Suspected Witch, 1578; Recognizance of a Witness, 1578; An Order for a Remand, 1656; Witnesses; Confessions; Coroners' Inquests; The Discovery of Witches 327 $aTorture and III-TreatmentProfessional Witch-finders; Judge's Direction to the Jury; Records of Assizes; Home Circuit Documents; Presentments and Indictments; Sixteen Examples of Indictments; Notes on the Indictments; Endorsements and Annotations; Key to contracted Words; Gaol Calendars; Gaol Delivery Rolls; Ratio of Persons Hanged to Persons Indicted; Statistical Table; Rise and Decline of Witchcraft Prosecutions; List of Convicted Witches; Conditions in other Circuits; Estimate of Total Executions; Comparison of Witchcraft Belief with Modern Superstitions; Abstracts of Bills of Indictments 327 $aAppendicesI. A Gaol Delivery Roll, 1645; II. Discovery of Witches. Dalton; III. Slander Actions; IV. List of Witches not mentioned in Indictments; V. A Scottish Indictment, 1633; VI. Depositions, Suffolk, 1645; VII. Depositions, Leicester, 171; VIII. Examination and confession of Witches atChelmsford, 1556; Index 330 $aOriginally published in 1929, the author presents a formidable collection of facts, brought together in a scholarly manner. This is an examination of the general history of witchcraft, its changing laws and legal procedures, as well as methods of interrogation and punishment. This book must be considered an essential reference work for every student of witch lore. 410 0$aRoutledge library editions. Witchcraft ;$vv. 3. 606 $aTrials (Witchcraft)$zEngland$xHistory$vSources 606 $aWitch hunting$zEngland$xHistory$vSources 606 $aCriminal law$zGreat Britain 606 $aCriminal procedure$zGreat Britain 615 0$aTrials (Witchcraft)$xHistory 615 0$aWitch hunting$xHistory 615 0$aCriminal law 615 0$aCriminal procedure 676 $a133.4309 701 $aEwen$b C. L'Estrange$g(Cecil L'Estrange),$f1877-$01564165 712 02$aGreat Britain.$bCourts of Assize and Nisi Prius. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790230303321 996 $aWitch hunting and witch trials$93833087 997 $aUNINA