Witch hunting and witch trials : the indictments for witchcraft from the records of 1373 assizes held for the Home Circuit A.D. 1559-1736 / / Collected and edited by C. L'Estrange Ewen

• Autore: Ewen C. L'Estrange (Cecil L'Estrange), <1877->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 133.4309
• Soggetto topico: Trials (Witchcraft) - England - History; Witch hunting - England - History; Criminal law - Great Britain; Criminal procedure - Great Britain
• Note generali: First published: New York : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1929.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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 ; Ratio 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 ; Torture 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 ; AppendicesI. 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Witch hunting and witch trials
• ISBN: 1-280-68785-1; 1-136-74005-8; 9786613664792; 0-203-81899-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819054303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. Witchcraft ; ; v. 3.