Download or read book Yorkshire Witches written by Eileen Rennison and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories and witches and witchcraft in Yorkshire.
Download or read book The Yorkshire Witch written by Summer Strevens and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the morning of 20 March 1809, the woman who had earned herself the title of The Yorkshire Witch was hanged upon Yorks New Drop gallows before an estimated crowd of 20,000 people. Some of those who came to see Mary Bateman die had traveled all the way from Leeds, many of them on foot, and many of them were doubtless the victims of her hoaxes and extortion. A consummate con-artist, Mary was extremely adept at identifying the psychological weaknesses of the desperate and poor who populated the growing industrial metropolis of Leeds at the turn of the nineteenth century. Exploiting their fears and terror of witchcraft, Mary Bateman was well placed to rob them of all their worldly goods, yet she did much more than cause misery and penury; though tried and convicted on a single murder charge, the contemporary branding of Bateman as a serial killer is doubtless accurate. Meticulously researched, this accessible, and at times shocking retelling of Mary Batemans life, and indeed her death, is the first since the publication chronicling her criminal career appeared in print in 1811, two years after her execution. Not only focusing on the details of her felonies and the consequences to her victims, it also examines the macabre legacy of her mortal remains, a bone of contention (literally you might say!) with the continuous public display of her skeleton in the Thackray Medical Museum until the recent removal of this controversial exhibit.
Download or read book Witchcraft in Seventeenth Century Yorkshire written by J. A. Sharpe and published by Borthwick Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Witches in Old North Yorkshire written by Mary Williams and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lancashire witches written by Robert Poole and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first major 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 equal appeal across the disciplines of both History and English Literature/Renaissance Studies, with essays by the leading experts in both fields. Includes helpful summaries to explain the key points of each essay. Brings the subject up-to-date with a study of modern Wicca and paganism, including present-day Lancashire witches. Quite simply, this is the most comprehensive study of any English witch trial.
Download or read book The Yorkshire Witch written by Summer Strevens and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating tale of witchcraft and skulduggery in darkest Yorkshire in the early 19th century. . . . An extraordinary story, brilliantly told.” —Books Monthly On the morning of March 20, 1809, the woman who had earned herself the title of “The Yorkshire Witch” was hanged at York’s New Drop gallows before an estimated crowd of twenty thousand people—many of them victims of her hoaxes and extortion. A consummate con artist, Mary Bateman was adept at identifying the psychological weaknesses of the desperate and poor who populated the growing industrial metropolis of Leeds. Exploiting their fears and terror of witchcraft, Mary was well placed to rob them of their worldly goods, yet she did much more than cause misery and penury. Though tried and convicted of only one murder, the contemporary belief that she was a serial killer is doubtlessly accurate. A meticulously researched retelling of Mary Bateman’s life and death, and the macabre legacy of her mortal remains, The Yorkshire Witch is also a “wealth of social history . . . about the lives of servants; housing conditions . . . the rise in religious fervour . . . the prevalence of superstitious beliefs . . . accounts of early toxicology; how crimes were prosecuted; the treatment of female convicts; and public executions” (Crime Review).
Download or read book Witchcraft in Yorkshire written by Patricia Crowther and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small book of the region's lore by a practitioner of Witchcraft, this important and detailed book described customs, legends, spells, and beliefs of the Yorkshire area of the UK. Originally published in the UK in 1973.
Download or read book Yorkshire Witch written by Summer Strevens and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book North Yorkshire Folk Tales written by Ingrid Barton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether hailing from the open Yorkshire Dales or the close-knit neighbourhoods of its towns and cities, North Yorkshire folk have always been fond of a good tale. This collection of stories from around the county is a tribute to their narrative vitality, and commemorates places and people who have left their mark on their communities. Here you will find dragon-slayers, boggarts and giants, tragic love affairs, thwarted villainy, witches, fairies, ghosts and much more. Historical characters, as rugged and powerful as the landscape they stride, drift in and out of the stories, strangely transformed by the mists of legend. North Yorkshire Folk Tales features Dick Turpin, General Wade, St Oswald, Mother Shipton and Ragnar Hairy Breeches, among others. These intriguing stories, brought to life with charming illustrations, will be enjoyed by readers time and again.
Download or read book Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman the Yorkshire Witch written by and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Witches of North Yorkshire written by Michael Wray and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside this little book you will meet some of the North Riding's more notorious witches. All of these women actually lived, but whether they could really cast spells or fly about on broomsticks we cannot say. What is important though,is that their neighbours believed they could, and the tales of their antics, passed down through the generations, are still with us today.Michael Wray has collected together 13 of the best of these stories, and reworked them in an accessible and humorous style.ENJOY!
Download or read book Early Modern Witches written by Marion Gibson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of pamphlets describes fifteen English witchcraft cases in detail, vividly recreating events to give the reader the illusion of actually being present at witchcraft accusations, trials and hangings. But how much are we victims of literary manipulation by these texts? The pamphlets are presented in annotated format, to allow the reader to decide. Some of the texts appear in print for the first time in three centuries, whilst others are newly edited to give a clearer picture of sources.
Download or read book Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman the Yorkshire Witch written by Davies and Davies and Company and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special edition of 'Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman, The Yorkshire Witch' was written by Davies and Company, and first published in 1811, making it well over 200 years old. Although the quality of the text rendering in this book is not up to the usual standard that we would publish and is a little hard to read at times, this is a very important antiquarian text. It should be noted that the text features the Old English style of "s" which looks like a tall "f" and can make reading a tad confusing at times! It was written just two years after the execution of Mary Bateman, and as such is an absolute essential addition to the libraries of all who are interested in The Yorkshire Witch story. This super-short, fast read, is a rare old find, and will be a welcome addition to your collection of Occult and Witchcraft book collection and is a must read for all researchers and enthusiasts of the Black Arts, and those with a penchant for old murder cases. IMPORTANT NOTE - Please read BEFORE buying! THIS BOOK IS A REPRINT. IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL COPY. This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally enhanced. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. At 'Black Books' we do not use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to transcribe books from scanned images or other forms of text - this usually results in everything from strange characters to gibberish. We believe that reading an old book, exactly as it was, is the most satisfying way to read it. DISCLAIMER : Due to the age of this book, some methods, beliefs, or practices may have been deemed unsafe, undesirable, or unacceptable in the interim years. In utilizing the information herein, you do so at your own risk. We republish antiquarian books without judgment, solely for their historical and cultural importance, and for educational purposes. If purchasing a book more than 50 years old, especially for a minor, please use due diligence and vet the text before gifting.
Download or read book Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman the Yorkshire Witch Second edition written by Mary Bateman and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yorkshire s Murderous Women written by Stephen Wade and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2007-06-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical accounts of Englishwomen who have killed, their varying motives, and their final fates. Yorkshire history has its share of nasty and brutal murders, and the majority of these killers have been men. Statistics show that most homicides are men. But the records over the centuries have tales of murderous women too. Stephen Wade has investigated records across England to find stories of women from the mid-eighteenth century to mid-twentieth century who have taken lives through jealousy, hatred, or sheer desperation. Some of the tales are sad, melancholy accounts of infanticide committed in hard times, often when women were under terrible stress and suffering from poor health and mental problems. Other stories are about murders that got rid of an unwanted partner or brought some easy money to the killer’s pockets. You’ll also find accounts of courtroom trials that went wrong and false accusations, along with verdicts that sent women to Van Diemen’s Land or to prison for life. Here are some of the most dramatic stories of women who killed—including Louie Calvert, serial killer; the Beverley case of extreme cruelty on a child; and the Hull wife who wanted her husband out of the way for good. Includes illustrations and photos
Download or read book Witchcraft and Black Magic written by Montague Summers and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating volume delves into the history of witchcraft and demonology. Witchcraft and Black Magic gives an extensive history of what Montague Summers deems to be Satanic practises. First published in 1946, this handbook gathers vivid detail from a wealth of sources and references that enhance its overview of black magic. Montague Summers’ research explores numerous court records, personal accounts, and classic works of literature, as well as taking evidence from the Bible. A devout Catholic, Summers writes about witchcraft in great detail, examining historic events, such as the Salem witch trials, with a close eye. The chapters in this chilling volume include: - What is Witchcraft? How Does One Become a Witch? - The Familiar, in Human Shape and Animal - Witchcraft at Cambridge and Oxford - The Origins of Witchcraft - The Library of Witches - The Magus (1801) of Francis Barrett - Sympathetic Magic Complete with an introduction to the folklore and history of witchcraft, Read & Co. Books has republished this classic guide to black magic in a brand new edition. A must-read for conspiracy theorists and those with an interest in the historical background of witchcraft.
Download or read book Witches of the Atlantic World written by Elaine G. Breslaw and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breslaw (history, U. of Tennessee) has created a fascinating reader--for undergraduate classes in history, anthropology, religious studies, or women's studies--surveying the subject of witches, witch hunts, and the larger political context of both. The sections, which cover Christian perspectives, non-Christian beliefs, diabolical possession, issues of gender, and a lengthy section on the Salem witch trials, each include an introduction by Breslaw, primary sources, then secondary commentaries on the sources. The latter are excerpts from books and articles. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
