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A chilling, truly authoritative anthology of real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America
From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl with a rock and buried with a stake through her heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so often accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court on charges of slander; and Increase Mather, an exorcism-performing minister famed for his knowledge of witches, this volume provides a unique tour through the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft.
A chilling, truly authoritative anthology of real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America
From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl with a rock and buried with a stake through her heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so often accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court on charges of slander; and Increase Mather, an exorcism-performing minister famed for his knowledge of witches, this volume provides a unique tour through the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft.
| Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
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| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780143106180 |
| ISBN-10: | 014310618X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Howe, Katherine |
| Redaktion: | Howe, Katherine |
| Zusammengestellt: | Howe, Katherine |
| Hersteller: |
Random House
Penguin Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 195 x 136 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Katherine Howe |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.10.2014 |
| Gewicht: | 0,338 kg |