| Physical description |
xiv, 226 pages : facsimile ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Eight of the ten essays are from a conference held Apr. 23-24, 1999 at St. Martin's College. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-218) and index. |
| Contents |
1 Introduction: the Lancashire witches in historical context / James Sharpe 1 -- Part I Trials of 1612 19 -- 2 Potts, plots and politics: James I's Daemonologie and The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches / Stephen Pumfrey 22 -- 3 Thomas Potts's 'dusty memory': reconstructing justice in The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches / Marion Gibson 42 -- 4 'Those to whom evil is done': family dynamics in the Pendle witch trials / Jonathan Lumby 58 -- Part II Contexts: Society, Economy, Religion and Magic 71 -- 5 Witchcraft, economy and society in the forest of Pendle / John Swain 73 -- 6 Reformation in the parish of Whalley / Michael Mullett 88 -- 7 Beyond Pendle: the 'lost' Lancashire witches / Kirsteen Macpherson Bardell 105 -- Part III Rewriting the Lancashire Witches 123 -- 8 Pilot's thumb: Macbeth and the Jesuits / Richard Wilson 126 -- 9 Sexual and spiritual politics in the events of 1633-34 and The Late Lancashire Witches / Alison Findlay 146 -- 10 'Lancashire novelist' and the Lancashire witches / Jeffrey Richards 166 -- 11 Wicca, Paganism and history: contemporary witchcraft and the Lancashire witches / Joanne Pearson 188. |
| Other author |
Poole, Robert.
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| Subject |
Witchcraft -- England -- Pendle -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses.
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Witches -- Congresses.
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Trials (Witchcraft) -- England -- Pendle -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses.
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Witchcraft -- Congresses.
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Paganism -- Congresses.
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Neopaganism -- Congresses.
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| ISBN |
0719062039 |
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0719062047 (paperback) |
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