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Book John Stearne   s Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft

Download or read book John Stearne s Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft written by Scott Eaton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1645-7, John Stearne led the most significant outbreak of witch-hunting in England. As accusations of witchcraft spread across East Anglia, Stearne and Matthew Hopkins were enlisted by villagers to identify and eradicate witches. After the trials finally subsided in 1648, Stearne wrote his only publication, A confirmation and discovery of witchcraft, but it had a limited readership. Consequently, Stearne and his work fell into obscurity until the 1800s, and were greatly overshadowed by Hopkins and his text. This book is the first study which analyses Stearne’s publication and contextualises his ideas within early modern intellectual cultures of religion, demonology, gender, science, and print in order to better understand the witch-finder’s beliefs and motives. The book argues that Stearne was a key player in the trials, that he was not a mainstream ‘puritan’, and that his witch-finding availed from contemporary science. It traces A confirmation’s reception history from 1648 to modern day and argues that the lack of research focusing on Stearne has resulted in misrepresentations of the witch-finder in the historiography of witchcraft. This book redresses the imbalance and seeks to provide an alternative reading of the East Anglian witch-hunt and of England’s premier witch-hunter, John Stearne.

Book The Athenaeum

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  • Release : 1901
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  • Pages : 860 pages

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Book Halifax Books and Authors

Download or read book Halifax Books and Authors written by Joseph Horsfall Turner and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Book and Library Sales Catalogues

Download or read book Book and Library Sales Catalogues written by Sotheby & Co. (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1796 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bodleian Library Record

Download or read book The Bodleian Library Record written by Bodleian Library and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books

Download or read book A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books written by Pickering & Chatto and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue

Download or read book Catalogue written by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Literature and History of the British Islands

Download or read book Catalogue of the Literature and History of the British Islands written by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Second Portion of the Very Extensive  Curious   Valuable Library of Rare Books and Important Manuscripts of the Late James Crossley  Esq   F S A   President of the Chetham Society   C    C  Comprising Early English   Foreign Theology

Download or read book Catalogue of the Second Portion of the Very Extensive Curious Valuable Library of Rare Books and Important Manuscripts of the Late James Crossley Esq F S A President of the Chetham Society C C Comprising Early English Foreign Theology written by James Crossley and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book    The    Athenaeum

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  • Pages : 862 pages

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Book Catalogue of the Christie Collection

Download or read book Catalogue of the Christie Collection written by University of Manchester. Library (1904-1972). Christie Collection and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Athenaeum

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  • Author : James Silk Buckingham
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  • Release : 1865
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  • Pages : 882 pages

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Book Catalogue

Download or read book Catalogue written by Maggs Bros and published by . This book was released on with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bookmart

Download or read book The Bookmart written by Halkett Lord and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Athenaeum

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  • Author : James Silk Buckingham
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  • Release : 1861
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  • Pages : 896 pages

Download or read book Athenaeum written by James Silk Buckingham and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle

Download or read book Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 1800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: