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Witch Hunt

- The Persecution of Witches in England
Af: Andrew Pickering, David Pickering Engelsk Paperback

Witch Hunt

- The Persecution of Witches in England
Af: Andrew Pickering, David Pickering Engelsk Paperback
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It was not so long ago that the belief in witchcraft was shared by members of all levels of society. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, diseases were feared by all, the infant mortality rate was high, and around one in six harvests was likely to fail. In the small rural communities in which most people lived, affection and enmity could build over long periods. When misfortune befell a family, they looked to their neighbours for support - and for the cause. During the sixteenth century, Europe was subject to a fevered and pious wave of witch hunts and trials. As the bodies of accused women burnt right across the Continent, the flames of a nationwide witch hunt were kindled in England. In 1612 nine women were hanged in the Pendle witch trials, the prosecution of the Chelmsford witches in 1645 resulted in the biggest mass execution in England, and in the mid-1640s the Witch finder General instigated a reign of terror in the Puritan counties of East Anglia. Hundreds of women were accused and hanged. It wasn''t until the latter half of the seventeenth century that witch-hunting went into decline.In this book, Andrew and David Pickering present a comprehensive catalogue of witch hunts, arranged chronologically within geographical regions. The tales of persecution within these pages are testimony to the horror of witch-hunting that occurred throughout England in the hundred years after the passing of the Elizabethan Witchcraft Act of 1563.
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It was not so long ago that the belief in witchcraft was shared by members of all levels of society. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, diseases were feared by all, the infant mortality rate was high, and around one in six harvests was likely to fail. In the small rural communities in which most people lived, affection and enmity could build over long periods. When misfortune befell a family, they looked to their neighbours for support - and for the cause. During the sixteenth century, Europe was subject to a fevered and pious wave of witch hunts and trials. As the bodies of accused women burnt right across the Continent, the flames of a nationwide witch hunt were kindled in England. In 1612 nine women were hanged in the Pendle witch trials, the prosecution of the Chelmsford witches in 1645 resulted in the biggest mass execution in England, and in the mid-1640s the Witch finder General instigated a reign of terror in the Puritan counties of East Anglia. Hundreds of women were accused and hanged. It wasn''t until the latter half of the seventeenth century that witch-hunting went into decline.In this book, Andrew and David Pickering present a comprehensive catalogue of witch hunts, arranged chronologically within geographical regions. The tales of persecution within these pages are testimony to the horror of witch-hunting that occurred throughout England in the hundred years after the passing of the Elizabethan Witchcraft Act of 1563.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9781445608617
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1445608618
Kategori: England
Udg. Dato: 15 jan 2013
Længde: 14mm
Bredde: 199mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Amberley Publishing
Oplagsdato: 15 jan 2013
Forfatter(e): Andrew Pickering, David Pickering
Forfatter(e) Andrew Pickering, David Pickering

Kategori England

ISBN-13 9781445608617

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 224

Udgave

Længde 14mm

Bredde 199mm

Højde 128mm

Udg. Dato 15 jan 2013

Oplagsdato 15 jan 2013

Forlag Amberley Publishing

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