The last witches of England : a tragedy of sorcery and superstition
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London ; Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Physical Description
xv, 333 pages: illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Eastern Wyoming College Library - Main Collection | 364.1 C163L | On Shelf |
Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
Bideford (England) -- History -- 17th century.
Edwards, Susanna, -- -1682 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Lloyd, Temperance, -- -1682 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trembles, Mary, -- -1682 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Witchcraft) -- England -- Devon -- History -- 17th century.
Witch hunting -- England -- Devon -- History -- 17th century.
Edwards, Susanna, -- -1682 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Lloyd, Temperance, -- -1682 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trembles, Mary, -- -1682 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Witchcraft) -- England -- Devon -- History -- 17th century.
Witch hunting -- England -- Devon -- History -- 17th century.
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Published
London ; Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Format
Book
Language
English
UPC
40030881461
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and index.
Summary
"On the morning of Thursday 29 June 1682, a magpie came rasping, rapping and tapping at the window of a prosperous Devon merchant. Frightened by its appearance, his servants and members of his family had, within a matter of hours, convinced themselves that the bird was an emissary of the devil sent by witches to destroy the fabric of their lives. As the result of these allegations, three women of Bideford came to be forever defined as witches. A Secretary of State brushed aside their case and condemned them to the gallows; to hang as the last group of women to be executed in England for the crime. Yet, the hatred of their neighbours endured. For Bideford, it was said, was a place of witches. Though 'pretty much worn away' the belief in witchcraft still lingered on for more than a century after their deaths. In turn, ignored, reviled, and extinguished but never more than half-forgotten, it seems that the memory of these three women - and of their deeds and sufferings, both real and imagined - was transformed from canker to regret, and from regret into celebration in our own age. Indeed, their example was cited during the final Parliamentary debates, in 1951, that saw the last of the witchcraft acts repealed, and their names were chanted, as both inspiration and incantation, by the women beyond the wire at Greenham Common. In this book, John Callow explores this remarkable reversal of fate, and the remarkable tale of the Bideford 'witches'"--,Provided by the publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Callow, J. (2022). The last witches of England: a tragedy of sorcery and superstition . Bloomsbury Academic.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Callow, John. 2022. The Last Witches of England: A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition. Bloomsbury Academic.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Callow, John. The Last Witches of England: A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Callow, John. The Last Witches of England: A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
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