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The Ruin of All Witches
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE**A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times'Simply …
Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction
Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they? From childhood most of us develop a sense of the mysterious, malign person, usually …
Måtte alla häxor förgöras! : liv och död i Nya världen
Detta är en klassiker i vardande ... som återskapar en ångestladdad och osäker miljö med enastående inlevelse och kunskap. / SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022En av de …
Witchfinders
'The most chilling witch-hunt in English history ... fascinating' Independent on Sunday
Remaking English Society
Written by leading authorities, the volume can be considered a standard work on seventeenth-century English social history. A tribute to the work of Keith Wrightson, Remaking …
Hellish Nell
One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944. The accused was Helen Duncan, a middle-aged Scotswoman. This is her extraordinary …
Between Two Worlds
In the 1600s, over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future. Whether they settled in Jamestown, …
Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction
Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they? From childhood most of us develop a sense of the mysterious, malign person, usually …
Witchfinders
By spring 1645, two years of civil war had exacted a dreadful toll upon England. People lived in terror as disease and poverty spread, and the nation grew ever more politically …
Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds is a story teeming with people on the move, making decisions, indulging or resisting their desires and dreams. In the seventeenth century a quarter of a …
The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World
A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology. "The …
Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England
Crime and law have now been studied by historians of early modern England for more than a generation. Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England attempts to reach further than …