| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : facsimile |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Eight of the ten essays are from a conference held Apr. 23-24, 1999 at St. Martin's College. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-218) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the Lancashire witches in historical context / James Sharpe -- Potts, plots and politics : James I's Daemonologie and The wonderfull discoverie of witches / Stephen Pumfrey -- Thomas Pott's 'dusty memory' : reconstructing justice in The wonderfull discoverie of witches / Marion Gibson -- 'Those to whom evil is done' : family dynamics in the Pendle witch trials / Jonathan Lumby -- Witchcraft, economy and society in the forest of Pendle / John Swain -- Reformation in the parish of Whalley / Michael Mullett -- Beyond Pendle : the 'lost' Lancashire witches / Kirsteen Macpherson Bardell -- Pilots thumb : Macbeth and the Jesuits / Richard Wilson -- Sexual and spiritual politics in the events of 1633-34 and The late Lancashire witches / Alison Findlay -- The 'Lancashire novelist' and the Lancashire witches / Jeffrey Richards -- Wicca, paganism and history ; contemporary witchcraft and the Lancashire witches / Joanne Pearson. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
| Indexed Term |
Multi-User. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Poole, Robert.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lancashire witches. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002 0719062039 0719062047 (OCoLC)50783322 |
| ISBN |
1417574771 (electronic book) |
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9781417574773 (electronic book) |
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9781847790217 (electronic book) |
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1847790216 (electronic book) |
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1280734140 |
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9781280734144 |
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9781781700150 (ebook) |
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178170015X (ebook) |
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0719062039 |
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9780719062032 |
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0719062047 |
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9780719062049 |
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