Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Notes and Queries
Author: The Yearbook of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: Witchcraft, Witch-Hunting, and Politics in Early Modern England
Author: Peter ElmerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191027529
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Witchcraft, Witch-hunting, and Politics in Early Modern England constitutes a wide-ranging and original overview of the place of witchcraft and witch-hunting in the broader culture of early modern England. Based on a mass of new evidence extracted from a range of archives, both local and national, it seeks to relate the rise and decline of belief in witchcraft, alongside the legal prosecution of witches, to the wider political culture of the period. Building on the seminal work of scholars such as Stuart Clark, Ian Bostridge, and Jonathan Barry, Peter Elmer demonstrates how learned discussion of witchcraft, as well as the trials of those suspected of the crime, were shaped by religious and political imperatives in the period from the passage of the witchcraft statute of 1563 to the repeal of the various laws on witchcraft. In the process, Elmer sheds new light upon various issues relating to the role of witchcraft in English society, including the problematic relationship between puritanism and witchcraft as well as the process of decline.
The Home Counties Magazine
Author: William John HardyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berkshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The Year-book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: Official Year-book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc
Author: A Catalogue of Ten Thousand Tracts and Pamphlets, and Fifty Thousand Prints and Drawings, Illustrating the Topography and Antiquities of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Author: Alfred Russell SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
Bibliotheca Historica Et Topographica Anglicana. Catalogue of an Extensive and Valuable Collection of Rare, Curious & Useful Books, Relating to ... England, Scotland, and Ireland
Author: Joseph LillyCircles from the Sky
Author: George Terence MeadenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Circles
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description