UID:
almahu_9947382267602882
Umfang:
1 online resource (240 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786610734146
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9781847795496
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1847795498
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9781781700150
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178170015X
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9781280734144
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1280734140
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9781847790217
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1847790216
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9781417574773
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1417574771
Serie:
Manchester Religious Studies
Inhalt:
This is a study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire. The book has essays by experts in history and English literature/Renaissance studies, with summaries to explain key points.
Anmerkung:
Eight of the ten essays are from a conference held Apr. 23-24, 1999 at St. Martin's College.
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Introduction : the Lancashire witches in historical context /
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Potts, plots and politics : James I's Daemonologie and The wonderfull discoverie of witches /
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Thomas Pott's 'dusty memory' : reconstructing justice in The wonderfull discoverie of witches /
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'Those to whom evil is done' : family dynamics in the Pendle witch trials /
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Witchcraft, economy and society in the forest of Pendle /
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The Reformation in the parish of Whalley /
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Beyond Pendle : the 'lost' Lancashire witches /
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The pilots thumb : Macbeth and the Jesuits /
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Sexual and spiritual politics in the events of 1633-34 and The late Lancashire witches /
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The 'Lancashire novelist' and the Lancashire witches /
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Wicca, paganism and history ; contemporary witchcraft and the Lancashire witches /
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In English.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780719062049
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0719062047
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780719062032
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0719062039
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Actes de congres.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History
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Conference papers and proceedings
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proceedings (reports)
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Electronic books.
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