Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
Marion Gibson
Page: 320
Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
ISBN: 9781668002438
Publisher: Scribner
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A “thought-provoking and timely” (The Times) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history. This “inventive and compelling” (Times Literary Supplement) work of social history travels through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous—like the Salem witch trials—and some lesser-known: on Vardø island, Norway, in the 1620s, where an indigenous Sami woman was accused of murder; in France in 1731, during the country’s last witch trial, where a young woman was pitted against her confessor and cult leader; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft was feared, then decriminalized, and then reimagined as gendered persecution, Witchcraft takes on the intersections between gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, political conspiracy and individual resistance. Offering a striking, dramatic journey unspooling over centuries and across continents, Witchcraft is a “well-rounded insight into some of the strangest and cruelest moments in history” (Buzz Magazine), giving voice to those who have been silenced by history.
Witchcraft
Witchcraft This compelling work of social history travels through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous—like the Salem witch trials—and some
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
Author Marion Gibson, a historian of witchcraft and magic, writes about ancient and modern witches and witch-trials. In this book, Gibson hones in on thirteen
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
She is the author of seven academic books on witches in history and literature: Reading Witchcraft; Possession, Puritanism, and Print;
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson
Witchcraft is a dramatic journey through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous—like the Salem witch trials—and some on Vardø island,
Trials of the Witchy Women
A scene of witches and demons torturing people. King James—he of the Bible—thought that drowning was the best test of witchcraft.
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A “thought-provoking and timely” (The Times) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials
A History of Witchcraft in Thirteen Trials - RadioWest - KUER
The scholar Marion Gibson is an expert on witches. Her latest book tells a centuries-long history through the stories of 13 witch trials.
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