1st Edition
A Trial of Witches A Seventeenth Century Witchcraft Prosecution
308 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1662, Amy Denny and Rose Cullender were accused of witchcraft, and, in one of the most important of such cases in England, stood trial and were hanged in Bury St Edmunds. A Trial of Witches is a complete account of this sensational trial and an analysis of the court procedures, and the larger social, cultural and political concerns of the period. In a critique of the official process, the... Read more
Preface Acknowledgements Part I - The Case 1. Witchcrafts Here Resemble Witchcrafts There 2. The Toad in the Blanket 3. The Swouning Sisters 4. Lice of Extraordinary Bigness Part II - What Might It Mean? 5. Wrinkled Face, Furrowed Brow, and Gobber Tooth 6. Does Assue action Minorate Atrocities? 7. Devotionair and Moralist 8. An Age of So Much Knowledge and Confidence Part III - Post Mortem 9. A Matter of Adicopere Appendix A A Tryal of Witches
Biography
Ivan Bunn, Gilbert Geis
'In addition to its value as a historic record, this book offers a tragic lesson in the extraordinary willingness of people to rely uncritically on tainted information and do awful things.' - Publishers Weekly, December 1997
