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The Trial of the Bideford Witches

Author : Frank J. Gent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520912004
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Trial of the Bideford Witches written by Frank J. Gent and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trial of the Bideford witches in 1682 although well-known has been little studied. Previous accounts have concentrated on reproducing the original sources mostly for their antiquarian and sensational value, and no attempt made to analyse and understand the events in their wider social and historical context.The Bideford trial merits closer examination in several respects. Firstly, it came at the very end of the witch-hunting craze of 1550 to 1660. There were very few executions for witchcraft in England after the Restoration, and the Bideford witches were almost the last to be executed in England. By that time most witchcraft trials ended in acquittals; the circumstances in which such a retrogressive act could have taken place deserve careful study.Secondly, the trial was exceptional in that it concerned events in an urban, even cosmopolitan, environment. Most studies of seventeenth-century witchcraft concentrate on village life; how did it occur in a thriving, bustling provincial town with a cultured, educated and wealthy elite? A third problem which needs to be studied is the apparent acquiescence of the victims in their fate. They appear to have made little or no attempt to deny the charges made against them either before or during their trial.Finally, the trial gives us an extraordinary, exceptional and valuable insight into the lives and mentality of ordinary people at the close of the seventeenth century. We hear the very words they spoke, we can recapture the excitement of those distant events in a way no other source could provide.

Trial of the Bideford Witches

Author : Frank J. Gent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781898546566
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Trial of the Bideford Witches written by Frank J. Gent and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Last Witches of England

Author : John Callow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350196142
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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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.

Witchcraft and Demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789

Author : J. Barry
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781349332298
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft and Demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789 written by J. Barry and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using south-western England as a focus for considering the continued place of witchcraft and demonology in provincial culture in the period between the English and French revolutions, Barry shows how witch-beliefs were intricately woven into the fabric of daily life, even at a time when they arguably ceased to be of interest to the educated.

England's Witchcraft Trials

Author : Willow Winsham
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473870968
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book England's Witchcraft Trials written by Willow Winsham and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of Accused comes “an entertaining as well as illuminating” history of Britain’s most infamous witch hunts and trials (Magnolia Review). With the echo of that chilling injunction, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live,” hundreds of people were accused and tried for witchcraft across England throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With fear and suspicion rife, neighbor turned against neighbor, friend against friend, as women, men, and children alike were caught up in the deadly fervor that swept through villages. From the feared covens of Pendle Forest to the victims of the notorious and fanatical Witchfinder Generals Matthew Hopkins and John Stearns, so-called witches were suspected, accused, and dragged to trial to await judgement and face their inevitable and damnable fate. In this “interesting, informative and insightful” book, historian Willow Winsham draws on a wealth of primary sources including trial transcripts, parish, and country records, and the often sensational—and highly prejudicial—pamphlets that were published after each trial. Her exhaustive research reveals just how frightening, violent, and terribly common the scourge really was, and explores the social conditions, class divisions, and religious mania that stoked its flames (All About History).

The Ruin of All Witches

Author : Malcolm Gaskill
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593467108
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Ruin of All Witches written by Malcolm Gaskill and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology. “The best and most enjoyable kind of history writing. Malcolm Gaskill goes to meet the past on its own terms and in its own place…Thought-provoking and absorbing." —Hilary Mantel, best-selling author of Wolf Hall In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing dreams and visions proliferate. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics and the community becomes tangled in a web of distrust, resentment and denunciation. The finger of suspicion soon falls on a young couple with two small children: the prickly brickmaker, Hugh Parsons, and his troubled wife, Mary. Drawing on rich, previously unexplored source material, Malcolm Gaskill vividly evokes a strange past, one where lives were steeped in the divine and the diabolic, in omens, curses and enchantments. The Ruin of All Witches captures an entire society caught in agonized transition between superstition and enlightenment, tradition and innovation.

Royalist Rebel

Author : Anita Seymour
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1781590680
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Royalist Rebel written by Anita Seymour and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the story of the real historical figure of notorious Elizabeth Murray, Countess Dysart and Duchess of Lauderdale, who lived at Ham House, a Jacobean mansion built on the River Thames at Petersham, throughout the reigns of Charles I, Cromwell's Protectorate, Charles II, James II, and William and Mary, and who was deeply embroiled in the politics of the Civil War.

A Trial of Witches

Author : Ivan Bunn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134696329
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book A Trial of Witches written by Ivan Bunn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Bury St Edmunds. A Trial of Witches is a complete account of this sensational 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 key participants in the case, including the judge and medical witness, their institutional importance, their part in the fate of the women and their future careers. Through detailed research of primary sources, the authors explore the important implications of this case for the understanding of hysteria, group mentality, social forces and the witchcraft phenomenon as a whole.

Silent As the Trees

Author : Gemma Gary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780738765792
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Silent As the Trees written by Gemma Gary and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the old witchcraft, magical traditions, and folklore nurtured amidst the ancient lands of South West England. Gemma Gary presents Devonshire's witches and magical folk as well as spirit vision, cure charms, protections and magical defense, and more. Silent as the Trees also includes a black book of Devonshire Magic with an extensive collection of genuine spells, charms, and rites.

Secret Exeter

Author : Tim Isaac
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445679329
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Secret Exeter written by Tim Isaac and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the secret history of Exeter through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Westward Ho!

Author : Charles Kingsley
Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Westward Ho! written by Charles Kingsley and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1920 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kingsley's historical romance of the Spanish Main, first published in 1855. From the coral reefs of the Barbados to the jungles and fabled cities of the Orinoco and on to the great sea battle with the Spanish Armada, this vibrant novel captures the daring spirit of Elizabethan adventurers who sailed with Sir Francis Drake. Contains a table of contents and listing of illustrations.

Accused

Author : Willow Winsham
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473850045
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Accused written by Willow Winsham and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true stories of eleven notorious women, across five centuries, who were feared, victimized, and condemned for witchcraft in the British Isles. Beginning with the late Middle Ages—from Ireland to Hampshire—hundreds of women were accused of spellcasting, wicked seduction, murder, and consorting with the devil. Most were fated for the gallows or the stake. What did it mean for these prisoners to stand accused? What were they really guilty of? And by whom were they persecuted? Drawing on a wealth of primary sources including trial documents, church and census records, and the original sensationalist pamphlets describing the crimes, historian Willow Winsham finds the startling answers to these questions. In the process, she resurrects the lives, deaths, and mysteries of eleven women subjected to history’s most notable witch trials. From Irish “sorceress” Alice Kyteler who, in 1324 was the first accused witch on record, to Scottish psychic Helen Duncan who, in 1944, was the last woman imprisoned under Britain’s Witchcraft Act of 1735. Dames, servant girls, aggrieved neighbors, suspect widows, cat ladies, prostitutes, mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters. Accused brings all these victims, and the eras in which they lived and died, back to life in “an incredibly well researched . . . stunning and admirable piece of work, highly recommended” (Terry Tyler, author of the Project Renova series).

The Pendle Witch Trials of 1612

Author : David Holding
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781797806679
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Pendle Witch Trials of 1612 written by David Holding and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Pendle Witch Trials of 1612' provides the reader with a complete overview of the famous chain of events leading to the execution of women suspected of witchcraft. It follows chronologically, the events from the initial interview of suspects, the gathering of evidence and finally, culminating in the trials at Lancaster in 1612. This work provides a full account of the proceedings in a format which is both accurate and informative, appealing to both the general reader and local historian. Published by Scott Martin Productions.Please support small publishers - www.scottmartinproductions.com

Saducismus Triumphatus: Or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions

Author : Joseph Glanvill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Saducismus Triumphatus: Or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions written by Joseph Glanvill and published by . This book was released on 1700 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Discovery of the Beldam Witch Trials

Author : Matthew Hopkins
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548284299
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book Discovery of the Beldam Witch Trials written by Matthew Hopkins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the one hundred witches that were apprehended on charges of witchcraft in Essex during the year 1645, this book provides details on the capture, examinations and execution of the 30 primary witches. Within these pages include the judicial discovery, confessions, investigative procedure, and the evidence used to convict these witches to the sentance of death. The principle witch at the center of these trials was Anne West, known by the circle of witches as 'Old Beldam'. Presented here is the judicial Discovery of the Beldam Witch Trials. Included in this text are works of witch-finders Matthew Hopkins and John Sterne, 'The Discovery of Witches' and 'The Confirmation and Discovery of Witch-Craft'. These were the key figures during the Witch hunt, leading the discovery of an estimated 200 suspected witches in just two years.

A Yacht Voyage Round England

Author : W.H.G Kingston
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752318538
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book A Yacht Voyage Round England written by W.H.G Kingston and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: A Yacht Voyage Round England by W.H.G Kingston

A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe

Author : John MacGregor
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3382140292
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe written by John MacGregor and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-19 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.