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The Discovery of Witches - The History of Witch Trials and Witch Hunts in 17th Century England, by the Witch Finder General (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
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The Discovery of Witches - The History of Witch Trials and Witch Hunts in 17th Century England, by the Witch Finder General (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
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In The Discovery of Witches, Matthew Hopkins - the Witch Finder
General of England during the early 1600s - details the process by
which he found and captured suspected witches. Hopkins' treatise is
comprised of answers to various queries he had received by members
of the public curious about his investigatory techniques in finding
witches. This book answers a total of fourteen queries, with
replies ranging from a few sentences to a few paragraphs in length.
The book is an illustrative portrayal of a society fervently given
to superstitions about the powers of witchcraft. At three hundred
women killed, the efforts of Hopkins and his assistant John Stearne
were prolific. Accorded status, Hopkins encountered opposition to
his witch finding. That his 'investigations' required scant
evidence to secure death sentences dismayed figures in the Church
of England. Today, historians judge Hopkins as an opportunist who
took advantage of unfounded suspicions to advance his own fame.
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