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Language: en
Pages: 508
Pages: 508
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-05 - Publisher: Routledge
Between 1450 and 1750 thousands of people – most of them women – were accused, prosecuted and executed for the crime of witchcraft. The witch-hunt was not a
Language: en
Pages: 193
Pages: 193
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-10 - Publisher: McFarland
For three centuries, as the Black Death rampaged through Europe and the Reformation tore the Church apart, tens of thousands were arrested as witches and subjec
Language: en
Pages: 259
Pages: 259
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-17 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
This comprehensive resource explores the intersection of religion, politics, and the supernatural that spawned the notorious witch hunts in Europe and the New W
Language: en
Pages: 368
Pages: 368
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-26 - Publisher: Routledge
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, f
Language: en
Pages: 128
Pages: 128
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Traces the origins and progression of hysteria, fear, and persecution associated with witches and witchcraft in western societies.