The Lancashire witches: Histories and stories

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Robert Poole
Manchester University Press, 19 lip 2013 - 240
This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire. The book has equal appeal across the disciplines of both History and English Literature/Renaissance Studies, with essays by the leading experts in both fields. Includes helpful summaries to explain the key points of each essay. Brings the subject up-to-date with a study of modern Wicca and paganism, including present-day Lancashire witches. Quite simply, this is the most comprehensive study of any English witch trial.

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the Lancashire witches in historical context
1
THE TRIALS OF 1612
19
reconstructing justice
42
family dynamics in the Pendle
58
The Reformation in the parish of Whalley
88
the lost Lancashire witches
105
Richard Wilson
126
Sexual and spiritual politics in the events of 163334
146
The Lancashire novelist and the Lancashire witches
166
contemporary witchcraft
188
Bibliography
204
Index
219
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Robert Poole is Reader in History at St. Martin's College, Lancaster

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