The Lancashire Witches - A Chronicle of Sorcery and Death on Pendle Hill (Paperback)

In the febrile religious and political climate of late sixteenth-century England, when the grip of the Reformation was as yet fragile and insecure, and underground papism still perceived to be rife, Lancashire was felt by the Protestant authorities to be a sinister corner of superstition, lawlessness and popery. And it was around Pendle Hill, a sombre ridge that looms over the intersecting pastures, meadows and moorland of the Ribble Valley, that their suspicions took infamous shape. The arraignment of the Lancashire witches in the assizes of Lancaster during 1612 is England's most notorious witch-trial. The women who lived in the vicinity of Pendle, who were accused alongside the so-called Samlesbury Witches, then convicted and hanged, were more than just wicked sorcerers whose malign incantations caused others harm. They were reputed to be part of a dense network of devilry and mischief that revealed itself as much in hidden celebration of the Mass as in malevolent magic. They had to be eliminated to set an example to others. In this remarkable and authoritative treatment, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the case of the Lancashire witches, Philip C Almond evokes all the fear, drama and paranoia of those volatile times: the bleak story of the storm over Pendle

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2020
Authors:	Philip C. Almond
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-23991-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > The Occult > Witchcraft & Wicca Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > The Occult > Witchcraft & Wicca
LSN:	1-350-23991-7
Barcode:	9781350239913

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