The Witches Of St Osyth Marion Gibson Cambridge University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

An Emotive Haunting Story Of A Community Torn Apart The Essex Witch Accusations And Trial 1581-2 Are Taken Together One Pivotal Instances That Malign Destructive Wave Misogynistic Persecution Which Periodically Broke Over Early Modern England Yet For All Their Importance In Overall Study Witchcraft So-Called Witches St Osyth Have Largely Been Overlooked By Scholars Marion Gibson Now Sets Right Neglect Using Fresh Archival Sources – Investigating Not Just Village Itself But Also Its Neighbouring Elizabethan Hamlets Habitations Author Offers Revelatory New Insights Into Sixteen Women Man Accused Sorcery While Asking Wider Provocative Questions About Way History Is Recollected Interpreted Combining Landscape Detective Work Reconstruction Lost Spaces Authoritative Readings Crucial Documents Skilfully Unlocks Poignant Personal Histories Those Denied Chance To Speak Themselves Σελίδες: 256 Διαστάσεις: 14 4X14 4Cm