Witchcraft : a history in thirteen trials
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- ISBN: 9781668002421 (hardcover)
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xx, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm - Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2024.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : what is a witch? -- Part one. Origins -- The trial of Helena Scheuberin : a demonologist hammers witches -- The trial of the North Berwick witches : a king delights in demonology -- The trial of the Vardø witches : demonology at Europe's colonial edge -- The trial of Joan Wright : practical magic and America's first witch -- The trial of Bess Clarke : disability and demonic families in the English Civil War -- The trial of Tatbe : slavery and survival on the Salem frontier -- Intermission : from demonlogy to doubt -- Part two. Echoes -- The trial of Marie-Catherine Cadière : witches reimagined and a French Revolution -- The trial of Montague Summers : satanism, sex, and demonology reborn -- The trial of John Blymyer : powwow and poverty in Pennsylvania -- The trial of Nellie Duncan : witchcraft acts and World War II -- The trial of Bereng Lerotholi and Gabashane Masupha : magical murder at the end of European empire -- Intermission : witch trials today -- Part three. Transformations -- The trial of "Shula": witchcraft in Africa -- The trial of Stormy Daniels : witchcraft in North America -- Epilogue : so, what is a witch now? |
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Subject: | Marginality, Social Trials (Witchcraft) History Witch hunting History Witchcraft History |
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Lakeshore Branch | 133.4309 Gib | 31681010356459 | NONFIC | Available | - |