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Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose: The Rise and Fall of the Witch Hunts in Europe and
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Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose: The Rise and Fall of the Witch Hunts in Europe and North America Hardback - 2001

by Robert Thurston

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  • The terrible history of witch hunts, torture and executions continues to fascinate.
  • History of witches is a contested topic bound to attract attention.
  • Fresh approach with new evidence will generate reviews and publicity.
  • Written with the general reader in mind jargon-free and accessible.
  • Full of illustrations.
  • This is a compelling and contentious history of witches and witch-hunts in early modern Europe and America. Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 - the great age of witch-hunts. Why did the witch-hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? What purpose did the persecutions serve? Who was accused, and what was the role of magic in the hunts? This important reassessment of witch panics and persecutions in Europe and colonial America both challenges and enhances existing interpretations of the phenomenon. Locating its origins 400 years earlier in the growing perception of threats to Western Christendom, Robert Thurston outlines the development of a 'persecuting society' in which campaigns against scapegoats such as heretics, Jews, lepers and homosexuals set the scene for the later witch hunts. He examines the creation of the witch stereotype and looks at how the early trials and hunts evolved, with the shift from accusatory to inquisitorial court procedures and reliance upon confessions leading to the increasing use of torture Robert Thurston is Professor of History at the University of Miami.

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    • Title Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose: The Rise and Fall of the Witch Hunts in Europe and North America
    • Author Robert Thurston
    • Binding Hardback
    • Edition First Edition
    • Pages 240
    • Volumes 1
    • Language ENG
    • Publisher Longman Publishing Group, London
    • Publication date October 4, 2001
    • Illustrated Yes
    • ISBN 9780582438064 / 0582438063
    • Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
    • Dimensions 9.48 x 6.42 x 0.89 in (24.08 x 16.31 x 2.26 cm)
    • Category History - General History

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