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Author : Francis Hutchinson
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Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft written by Francis Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 1718 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis Hutchinson
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Author : Francis Hutchinson
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781104023096
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)
Download or read book A Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft written by Francis Hutchinson and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Francis Hutchinson
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781104032944
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (329 download)
Download or read book A Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft written by Francis Hutchinson and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Francis Hutchinson
Publisher : London : Printed for R. Knaplock ... and D. Midwinter
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Total Pages : 380 pages
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Download or read book An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft written by Francis Hutchinson and published by London : Printed for R. Knaplock ... and D. Midwinter. This book was released on 1720 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hutchinson, an Anglican cleric, was vocal advocate for the "miserable creatures [who] have been hang'd or burnt as witches and wizzards" during the witch persecutions and gathered together all the accounts of English witch trials that he could find. He then set them out systematically so that an accurate overview could be obtained, and analysed them in a way that revealed their absurdity and hypocrisy, thus stripping them of any vestige of legitimacy. By his own account Hutchinson's work would probably have lain unpublished ("slept in obscurity") had it not been for the publication of Boulton's "A Compleat History of Magick, Sorcery and Witchcraft" (1715-1716), a work which Hutchinson felt might "very likely ... do some mischief" by renewing the fervour for witch-persecution. Hutchinson's well reasoned refutation was published as the "Historical Essay on Witchcraft" and, despite a counter rebuttal by Boulton in 1722, effectively brought a permanent close to the debate on witchcraft in Britain. He opposed torture and acceptance of the phenomena, and was a critic of Cotton Mather's arguments on the subject. He also opposed Jean Bodin, an advocate of the realities of witchcraft, who was prepared to use torture to prove it."--Description from Second Life Books, Inc., bookseller
Author : Franciscus Hutchinson
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Total Pages : 336 pages
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Download or read book An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft written by Franciscus Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 1720 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis Hutchinson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391590141
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft written by Francis Hutchinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft: With Observations Upon Matters of Fact; Tending to Clear the Texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and Confute the Vulgar Errors About That Point; And Also Two Sermons; One in Proof of the Christian Religion, the Other Concerning the Good and Evil Angels When one Mr. Burroughs, a Clergyman, who fome few Years fince, was hang'd in new-eng land as a Wizzard, flood upon his Tryal, he pull'd out of his Pocket a Leaf that he had got of Mr. Ady's Book, to prove that the Scripture Witchcrafts were not like ours: And as that -defence was not able to fave him, I humbly offer my Book as an Argument on the Behalf of all fuch miferable People, who may ever in 3°time. To come be drawn into the fame Danger in our Nation. And, with all Honour and Sub million of it to your Lordlhips Judgments, I humbly lay it at your Feet for Proteélion, as far as it is right, and deferves your Favour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Francis Hutchinson
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781376494723
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (947 download)
Download or read book An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft. with Observations Upon Matters of Fact; Tending to Clear the Texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and Confute Th written by Francis Hutchinson and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Francis Hutchinson
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ISBN 13 : 9780404184179
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Download or read book An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft written by Francis Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 1982-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Sneddon
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526130718
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Witchcraft and Whigs written by Andrew Sneddon and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking biography of Bishop Francis Hutchinson (1669-1739) provides a detailed and rare portrait of an early eighteenth century Irish bishop and witchcraft theorist. Drawing upon a wealth of printed primary source material, the book aims to increase our understanding of the eighteenth-century established clergy, both in England and Ireland. It illustrates how one of the main sceptical texts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Historical essay concerning witchcraft (1718), was constructed and how it fitted into the wider intellectual and literary context of the time, examining Hutchinson’s views on contemporary debates concerning modern prophecy and miracles, demonic and Satanic intervention, the nature of Angels and hell, and astrology. This book will be of particular interest to academics and students in the areas of history of witchcraft, and the religious, political and social history of Britain and Ireland in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Author : Francis Hutchinson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015974159
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (741 download)
Download or read book An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft. With Observations Upon Matters of Fact; Tending to Clear the Texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and Confute Th written by Francis Hutchinson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John Callow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350196142
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Last Witches of England written by John Callow and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fascinating and vivid." New Statesman "Thoroughly researched." The Spectator "Intriguing." BBC History Magazine "Vividly told." BBC History Revealed "A timely warning against persecution." Morning Star "Astute and thoughtful." History Today "An important work." All About History "Well-researched." The Tablet On the morning of Thursday 29 June 1682, a magpie came rasping, rapping and tapping at the window of a prosperous Devon merchant. Frightened by its appearance, his servants and members of his family had, within a matter of hours, convinced themselves that the bird was an emissary of the devil sent by witches to destroy the fabric of their lives. As the result of these allegations, three women of Bideford came to be forever defined as witches. A Secretary of State brushed aside their case and condemned them to the gallows; to hang as the last group of women to be executed in England for the crime. Yet, the hatred of their neighbours endured. For Bideford, it was said, was a place of witches. Though 'pretty much worn away' the belief in witchcraft still lingered on for more than a century after their deaths. In turn, ignored, reviled, and extinguished but never more than half-forgotten, it seems that the memory of these three women - and of their deeds and sufferings, both real and imagined – was transformed from canker to regret, and from regret into celebration in our own age. Indeed, their example was cited during the final Parliamentary debates, in 1951, that saw the last of the witchcraft acts repealed, and their names were chanted, as both inspiration and incantation, by the women beyond the wire at Greenham Common. In this book, John Callow explores this remarkable reversal of fate, and the remarkable tale of the Bideford Witches.
Author : Mary Beth Norton
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030742636X
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book In the Devil's Snare written by Mary Beth Norton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this startlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study. In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were living in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees—including the main accusers of witches—had fled to communities like Salem. Meanwhile the colony’s leaders, defensive about their own failure to protect the frontier, pondered how God’s people could be suffering at the hands of savages. Struck by the similarities between what the refugees had witnessed and what the witchcraft “victims” described, many were quick to see a vast conspiracy of the Devil (in league with the French and the Indians) threatening New England on all sides. By providing this essential context to the famous events, and by casting her net well beyond the borders of Salem itself, Norton sheds new light on one of the most perplexing and fascinating periods in our history.
Author : George Lyman Kittredge
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Total Pages : 76 pages
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Download or read book Notes on Witchcraft written by George Lyman Kittredge and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393322682
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (226 download)
Download or read book The Creation of the Modern World written by Roy Porter and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engagingly written new work highlights Britain's long-underestimated and pivotal role in disseminating the ideas and culture of the Enlightenment. Moving beyond the numerous histories centered on France and Germany, the acclaimed social historian Roy Porter explains how monumental changes in thinking in Britain influenced worldwide developments. Here is a "splendidly imaginative" work that "propels the debate forward ... and makes a valuable point" (New York Times Book Review).
Author : Emerson W. Baker
Publisher : Pivotal Moments in American Hi
ISBN 13 : 019989034X
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book A Storm of Witchcraft written by Emerson W. Baker and published by Pivotal Moments in American Hi. This book was released on 2015 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an historical analysis of the Salem witch trials, examining the factors that may have led to the mass hysteria, including a possible occurrence of ergot poisoning, a frontier war in Maine, and local political rivalries.
Author : Arthur C. Howland
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1512817481
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Materials Toward a History of Witchcraft, Volume 1 written by Arthur C. Howland and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
