Author: Moira TatemPublisher:
ISBN: 9781870724333
Category : Cambridgeshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Witches of Warboys
Author: Moira TatemPublisher:
ISBN: 9781870724333
Category : Cambridgeshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Witches of Warboys
Author: Philip C. AlmondPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857717928
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
On a foggy November day in 1589, when one of the five daughters of Robert and Elizabeth Throckmorton suddenly fell sick, no one in the small English village of Warboys could have predicted the terrifying events that would follow. Or envisaged that four years later, in April 1593, the Throckmortons' neighbours Alice, Agnes and John Samuel, would be dragged before a country court on charges of sorcery, enchantment and murder. There is no more dramatic story in the annals of English witchcraft than that of the witches of Warboys. Yet, despite a rich and colourful cast of characters, and a potent mixture of tension and pathos to match anything in the later Salem witch trials, it has never before been told in full. At one level, the story of Warboys features a conflict about honour and truth between two families in a close-knit Elizabethan village. At another level, the tale concerns a wider struggle between local gentry and yeomanry. But at the heart of the narrative coils a dark account of possession by demons, of malevolent spirits, of trust broken and of children accursed. What really happened in Warboys in the late sixteenth century, to drive this unremarkable rural community into such frenzy? Philip Almond leads us into a half-forgotten world of horror and crime, of victims and victimisers, of spectres, sex with the devil and 'scratching' the witch: a macabre and dangerous world where nothing is as it seems, where evil begets evil, and where innocence is betrayed.
The Witches of Warboys
Author: Philip C. AlmondPublisher:
ISBN: 9780755622368
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"On a foggy November day in 1589, when one of the five daughters of Robert and Elizabeth Throckmorton suddenly fell sick, no one in the small English village of Warboys could have predicted the terrifying events that would follow. Or envisaged that four years later, in April 1593, the Throckmortons' neighbours Alice, Agnes and John Samuel, would be dragged before a country court on charges of sorcery, enchantment and murder. There is no more dramatic story in the annals of English witchcraft than that of the witches of Warboys. Yet, despite a rich and colourful cast of characters, and a potent mixture of tension and pathos to match anything in the later Salem witch trials, it has never before been told in full. At one level, the story of Warboys features a conflict about honour and truth between two families in a close-knit Elizabethan village. At another level, the tale concerns a wider struggle between local gentry and yeomanry. But at the heart of the narrative coils a dark account of possession by demons, of malevolent spirits, of trust broken and of children accursed. What really happened in Warboys in the late sixteenth century, to drive this unremarkable rural community into such frenzy? Philip Almond leads us into a half-forgotten world of horror and crime, of victims and victimisers, of spectres, sex with the devil and 'scratching' the witch: a macabre and dangerous world where nothing is as it seems, where evil begets evil, and where innocence is betrayed."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
The Witches of Warboys
Author: Thomas WrightPublisher:
ISBN: 9781425372446
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
The Most Strange and Admirable Discouerie of the Three Witches of Warboys (John Samuel the Father, Alice Samuel the Mother, and Agnes Samuel Their Daughter) Arraigned, Conuicted and Executed at the Last Assises at Huntingdon, for the Bewitching of the Fiue Daughters of Robert Throckmorton Esquire ... and Also for the Bewitching to Death of Lady Crumwell. B.L.
Author: John SAMUEL (of Warboys.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England
Author: Philip C. AlmondPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113945160X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
This book is exclusively devoted to demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England. It offers modernized versions of the most significant early modern texts on nine cases of demonic possession from the period 1570 to 1650, the key period in English history for demonic possession. The nine stories were all written by eyewitnesses or were derived from eyewitness reports. They involve matters of life and death, sin and sanctity, guilt and innocence, of crimes which could not be committed and punishments which could not be deserved. The nine critical introductions which accompany the stories address the different strategic intentions of those who wrote them. The modernized texts and critical introductions are placed within the context of a wide-ranging general Introduction to demonic possession in England across the period 1550 to 1700.
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