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Witchfinders de Malcolm Gaskill

Witchfinders

Autor Malcolm Gaskill
en Limba Engleză Paperback – oct 2007
In 1645, Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne exploited the anxiety and lawlessness of the time and initiated a brutal campaign to drive out the presumed evil in their midst. Gaskill recounts the most savage witch-hunt in English history. By the fall of 1647 at least 250 people had been captured, interrogated, and tried, with more than 100 hanged.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780674025424
ISBN-10: 0674025423
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 151 x 227 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Harvard University Press

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Gives the ordinary reader a visceral sense of mid-seventeenth-century England . . . satisfyingly complex
An evocative travelogue . . . setpieces of rich description
Lucid and humane
The incessant peculiarity of the accusations could easily make the stories told in this book seem quaint rather than horrific. But Gaskill avoids this trap by describing each case in a vivid manner, making one aware at all times of the human tragedy
A terrible tale marvellously told . . . This is how history should be shown
Superb, chilling
A timely warning for those who think that witch trials are a matter of history
A very lucid and human writer, very good at setting the social context, helping you understand how the phenomenon of witchfinders came out of the dislocation of the civil war
Gaskill tells the story of the witch-hunt in full and accurate detail, for the first time, and with uncommon skill . . . A solid contribution to knowledge and a splendid example of history as gripping literature
Malcolm Gaskill patiently untangles the history of East Anglian witchcraft
Written with sympathy, respect and deep human understanding
Wonderfully detailed, well-written and judicious . . . tragic yet fascinating
A brilliant new study . . . In the vivid three-dimensionality of its dramatis personae, the eloquence of its writing, and the richness of its evocations of vanished worlds of landscape and belief . . . Gaskill displays a masterly wizardry all his own
Fascinating
A chilling history of the witch-trials
A fascinating history of the infamous witch-hunts . . . easily labelled as essential for anyone with an interest in the macabre . . . a good expose (and timely reminder) of how large-scale tragedies can occur once the right mix of circumstances are present