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Reading Witchcraft: Stories of Early English Witches

By Marion Gibson

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
9780415206464, 0415206464, 0415206456, 9780415206457, 9780203976449
LCC
BF1581 .G535 1999
Open Library ID
OL371124M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1645454 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
256\251
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In this original study of witchcraft, Gibson explores the stories told by and about witches and their 'victims' through trial records, early news books, pamphlets and fascinating personal accounts. The author discusses the issues surrounding the interpretation of original historical sources and demonstrates that their representations of witchcraft are far from straight forward or reliable. Innovative and thought-provoking, this book sheds new light on early modern people's responses to witches and on the sometimes bizarre flexibility of the human imagination.

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