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Witchcraft - A History in Thirteen Trials
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Witchcraft - A History in Thirteen Trials
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Loot Price R572
Discovery Miles 5 720
You Save R181 (24%)
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A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe,
Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials
that illuminate the pattern of demonization and conspiratorial
thinking that has profoundly shaped human history. Witchcraft is a
dramatic journey 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 Pennsylvania in 1929 where a magical healer was
labelled a "witch"; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial
authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft became
feared, decriminalized, reimagined, and eventually reframed as
gendered persecution, Witchcraft takes on the intersections between
gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, and
political conspiracy and individual resistance. Offering a vivid,
compelling, and dramatic story, unspooling through centuries, about
the men and women who were accused--some of whom survived their
trials, and some who did not--Witchcraft empowers the people who
were and are victimized and marginalized, giving a voice to those
who were silenced by history.
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Imprint: |
Scribner
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Marion Gibson
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Dimensions: |
213 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-66800-242-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-66800-242-6 |
Barcode: |
9781668002421 |
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