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Between 1645-7, John Stearne led the most significant outbreak of
witch-hunting in England. As accusations of witchcraft spread
across East Anglia, Stearne and Matthew Hopkins were enlisted by
villagers to identify and eradicate witches. After the trials
finally subsided in 1648, Stearne wrote his only publication, A
confirmation and discovery of witchcraft, but it had a limited
readership. Consequently, Stearne and his work fell into obscurity
until the 1800s, and were greatly overshadowed by Hopkins and his
text. This book is the first study which analyses Stearne's
publication and contextualises his ideas within early modern
intellectual cultures of religion, demonology, gender, science, and
print in order to better understand the witch-finder's beliefs and
motives. The book argues that Stearne was a key player in the
trials, that he was not a mainstream 'puritan', and that his
witch-finding availed from contemporary science. It traces A
confirmation's reception history from 1648 to modern day and argues
that the lack of research focusing on Stearne has resulted in
misrepresentations of the witch-finder in the historiography of
witchcraft. This book redresses the imbalance and seeks to provide
an alternative reading of the East Anglian witch-hunt and of
England's premier witch-hunter, John Stearne.
Between 1645-7, John Stearne led the most significant outbreak of
witch-hunting in England. As accusations of witchcraft spread
across East Anglia, Stearne and Matthew Hopkins were enlisted by
villagers to identify and eradicate witches. After the trials
finally subsided in 1648, Stearne wrote his only publication, A
confirmation and discovery of witchcraft, but it had a limited
readership. Consequently, Stearne and his work fell into obscurity
until the 1800s, and were greatly overshadowed by Hopkins and his
text. This book is the first study which analyses Stearne's
publication and contextualises his ideas within early modern
intellectual cultures of religion, demonology, gender, science, and
print in order to better understand the witch-finder's beliefs and
motives. The book argues that Stearne was a key player in the
trials, that he was not a mainstream 'puritan', and that his
witch-finding availed from contemporary science. It traces A
confirmation's reception history from 1648 to modern day and argues
that the lack of research focusing on Stearne has resulted in
misrepresentations of the witch-finder in the historiography of
witchcraft. This book redresses the imbalance and seeks to provide
an alternative reading of the East Anglian witch-hunt and of
England's premier witch-hunter, John Stearne.
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Doomwar (Paperback)
Jonathan Maberry; Illustrated by Scott Eaton
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R536
R439
Discovery Miles 4 390
Save R97 (18%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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On July 13, 2018, Londoners turned out en masse to protest against
Donald Trump during his visit to the United Kingdom. The author of
this book arrived to participate in the march and took his camera
along, just in case there might be something 'interesting' to
capture. What he found was nothing short of a Vesuvian eruption of
resistance to Trump and his policies. The outrage, disgust and
vitriol directed against Trump was pandemic - but so was the
creativity and humour. This hilarious but powerful book is a
photographic record of that momentous march, and the time, effort
and in many cases money that protestors put in to creating their
banners. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out - endless seas
of all ages, races, genders and nationalities, and the ingenuity on
display is limitless, from simple text banners ('Super Callous
Fascist Racist Sexist Loser POTUS'; 'Pore me a Covfefe'), to
gloriously rendered illustrations (not all of them safe for work),
ingenious papier-mache sculptures, and a LOT of swearing.
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