Witch hunters : professional prickers, unwitchers & witch finders of the Renaissance /
Witches looked and sounded like everyone else, so how could they be detected? This is the first history of the careers of those who believed they were able to identify a witch during the Renaissance -- the great age of witch hunting. Witch hunters were often respectable members of the community. Pri...
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| Language: | English |
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Stroud, Gloucestershire :
Tempus,
2003
Stroud, Gloucestershire, [Eng.] : 2003 Stroud, Gloucestershire, [Eng.] : 2003 |
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| Summary: | Witches looked and sounded like everyone else, so how could they be detected? This is the first history of the careers of those who believed they were able to identify a witch during the Renaissance -- the great age of witch hunting. Witch hunters were often respectable members of the community. Priest to judge, doctor to fraud, Peter Maxwell-Stuart charts the claims of these driven zealots, and provides an insight into the world which they perceived as evil and sought to expose. Whether the accused had tried to kill or cure by magic made little difference. It was all witchcraft. From Pierre De Lancre, responsible for the burning of at least 600 suspected witches, to John Kincaid, professional pricker, the fascinating lives of these individuals are intimately explored |
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| Physical Description: | 157 p. : ill. ; 25 cm 157 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm 157 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm 157 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 154) and index Includes bibliographical references (page 154) and index Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 153-154) Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 153-154) |
| ISBN: | 0752423398 9780752423395 |