Description: Further DetailsTitle: Witch HuntCondition: NewEAN: 9781445608617ISBN: 9781445608617Publisher: Amberley PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/15/2013Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 124mmItem Width: 18mmItem Weight: 214gAuthor: David Pickering, Andrew PickeringLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Persecution of Witches in EnglandISBN-10: 1445608618Description: It was not so long ago that the belief in witchcraft was shared by members of all levels of society. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, diseases were feared by all, the infant mortality rate was high, and around one in six harvests was likely to fail. In the small rural communities in which most people lived, affection and enmity could build over long periods. When misfortune befell a family, they looked to their neighbours for support - and for the cause. During the sixteenth century, Europe was subject to a fevered and pious wave of witch hunts and trials. As the bodies of accused women burnt right across the Continent, the flames of a nationwide witch hunt were kindled in England. In 1612 nine women were hanged in the Pendle witch trials, the prosecution of the Chelmsford witches in 1645 resulted in the biggest mass execution in England, and in the mid-1640s the Witch finder General instigated a reign of terror in the Puritan counties of East Anglia. Hundreds of women were accused and hanged. It wasn't until the latter half of the seventeenth century that witch-hunting went into decline.In this book, Andrew and David Pickering present a comprehensive catalogue of witch hunts, arranged chronologically within geographical regions. The tales of persecution within these pages are testimony to the horror of witch-hunting that occurred throughout England in the hundred years after the passing of the Elizabethan Witchcraft Act of 1563.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Witch Hunt
Title: Witch Hunt
EAN: 9781445608617
ISBN: 9781445608617
Release Date: 01/15/2013
Release Year: 2013
Subtitle: The Persecution of Witches in England
ISBN-10: 1445608618
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Witch Hunt : the Persecution of Witches in England
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), Modern / 16th Century, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Europe / Great Britain / General, Modern / 17th Century
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, History
Item Weight: 7.5 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: David Pickering, Andrew Pickering
Item Width: 4.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
