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cultural imagination
Denial Narrative
Early English Witches
early modern belief systems
early modern England
Elizabeth Frauncis
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Gaol Calendar
Gaol Delivery
Grace Sowerbutts
Henry Goodcole
historical narrative theory
Jacobean Pamphlets
Jennet Device
Joan Cunny
legal historiography
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Narrative Pamphlets
primary source analysis
Richard Galis
St Osyth
witch trial record interpretation
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Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415206464
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 06 May 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this original study of witchcraft, Gibson explores the stories told by and about witches and their 'victims' through trial records, early news books, pamphlets and fascinating personal accounts. The author discusses the issues surrounding the interpretation of original historical sources and demonstrates that their representations of witchcraft are far from straight forward or reliable. Innovative and thought-provoking, this book sheds new light on early modern people's responses to witches and on the sometimes bizarre flexibility of the human imagination.
Marion Gibson is Lecturer at the University of Exeter
