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The Lancashire witches

Author	: Robert Poole
Publisher	: Manchester University Press
Release Date	: 2013-07-19
ISBN	: 1847795498
Pages	: 240 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book The Lancashire witches written by Robert Poole and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire. The book has equal appeal across the disciplines of both History and English Literature/Renaissance Studies, with essays by the leading experts in both fields. Includes helpful summaries to explain the key points of each essay. Brings the subject up-to-date with a study of modern Wicca and paganism, including present-day Lancashire witches. Quite simply, this is the most comprehensive study of any English witch trial.

The Lancashire Witches

Author	: Philip C. Almond
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2017-01-30
ISBN	: 1786739704
Pages	: 240 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Lancashire Witches written by Philip C. Almond and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the febrile religious and political climate of late sixteenth-century England, when the grip of the Reformation was as yet fragile and insecure, and underground papism still perceived to be rife, Lancashire was felt by the Protestant authorities to be a sinister corner of superstition, lawlessness and popery. And it was around Pendle Hill, a sombre ridge that looms over the intersecting pastures, meadows and moorland of the Ribble Valley, that their suspicions took infamous shape. The arraignment of the Lancashire witches in the assizes of Lancaster during 1612 is England's most notorious witch-trial. The women who lived in the vicinity of Pendle, who were accused, convicted and hanged alongside the so-called 'Salmesbury Witches', were more than just wicked sorcerers whose malign incantations caused others harm. They were reputed to be part of a dense network of devilry and mischief that revealed itself as much in hidden celebration of the Mass as in malevolent magic. They had to be eliminated to set an example to others. In this remarkable and authoritative treatment, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the case of the Lancashire witches, Philip C Almond evokes all the fear, drama and paranoia of those volatile times: the bleak story of the storm over Pendle.

The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy

Author	: John A. Clayton
Publisher	: Barrowford Press
Release Date	: 2007
ISBN	: 9780955382123
Pages	: 306 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy written by John A. Clayton and published by Barrowford Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy draws upon the experience of an author well versed and qualified in the history of his locality - namely the Forest of Pendle. John A Clayton provides here an in-depth study of the Lancashire Witch Trials of 1612 and, in so doing, many new discoveries of the event come to light. For instance; the most famous 'witch' of them all, Old Demdike (Elizabeth Southern), is found amongst the dusty records of Whalley parish church where she was both baptised and married. Demdike's husband, a farmer, brought his new wife and her illigitimate child into Pendle Forest and this would eventually trigger the trials at Lancaster of 19 people upon charges of witchcraft. The ancestors of Old Demdike, along with those of Chattox, Elizabeth Device, Alice Nutter et al are covered in a detail never before seen. The history of the Pendle Forest is covered in a depth that provides an unrivalled understanding of the subject of the Pendle Witches. The religious and political climate within the forest provide us with a fascinating idea of the times and, above all, new evidence is offered to show that the gentry would go to any lengths in the advancement of their estates - this would lead to tragedy for whole families within Pendle.

Early Modern Witches

Author	: Marion Gibson
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2005-10-07
ISBN	: 1134607636
Pages	: 352 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Early Modern Witches written by Marion Gibson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of pamphlets describes fifteen English witchcraft cases in detail, vividly recreating events to give the reader the illusion of actually being present at witchcraft accusations, trials and hangings. But how much are we victims of literary manipulation by these texts? The pamphlets are presented in annotated format, to allow the reader to decide. Some of the texts appear in print for the first time in three centuries, whilst others are newly edited to give a clearer picture of sources.

Rambles by the Ribble

Author	: William Dobson
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1877
ISBN	:
Pages	: 156 pages
Rating	: 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rambles by the Ribble written by William Dobson and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lancashire Witch Craze

Author	: Jonathan Lumby
Publisher	: Carnegie Pub Limited
Release Date	: 1995
ISBN	:
Pages	: 212 pages
Rating	: 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Lancashire Witch Craze written by Jonathan Lumby and published by Carnegie Pub Limited. This book was released on 1995 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestseller presents a remarkable series of new insights into the Lancashire Witch Craze. By placing the events in their wider European context, it explains far more satisfactorily than ever before exactly why these disturbing events occurred.

The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1995
ISBN	:
Pages	: 500 pages
Rating	: 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of history, antiquities and topography in the county.

The Spectator

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1984
ISBN	:
Pages	: pages
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Download or read book The Spectator written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lancashire Witches

Author	: William Reginald Mitchell
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1984
ISBN	:
Pages	: 32 pages
Rating	: 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Lancashire Witches written by William Reginald Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: