A Trial of Witches, 1st Edition
A Seventeenth Century Witchcraft Prosecution
- Paperback
308 pages
- Release Date
23 October 1997
Summary
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 Lowestoft. This text is an in-depth study of this 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 book details how the erroneous conclusions of the trial were achieved. The authors consider the participants in the case, their i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780415171090 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0415171091 |
| Author: | Gilbert Geis, Ivan Bunn |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 308 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 23 October 1997 |
| Weight: | 570g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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‘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
About The Author
Gilbert Geis
Ivan Bunn, Gilbert Geis
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