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Robert Thurston - The Witch Hunts - 9781405840835 - V9781405840835
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The Witch Hunts

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Description for The Witch Hunts Paperback. Between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries, the notorious witch hunts of Europe and America led to the execution of tens of thousands of people - the majority of whom were women. This work explores the events of the witch hunts and the social and psychological factors which caused them. It takes a historical view of the witch persecutions. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 394.

Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 – the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? What purpose did the persecutions serve? Who was accused, and what was the role of magic in the hunts? This important reassessment of witch panics and persecutions in Europeand colonial America both challenges and enhances existing interpretations of the phenomenon. Locating its origins 400 years earlier in the growing perception of threats to Western Christendom, Robert Thurston outlines the development of a ‘persecuting society’ ... Read more

He examines the creation of the witch stereotype and looks at how the early trials and hunts evolved, with the shift from accusatory to inquisitorial court procedures and reliance upon confessions leading to the increasing use of torture.

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Product Details

Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
392g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405840835
SKU
V9781405840835
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Robert Thurston
Robert Thurston is Professor of History at the Universityof Miami.

Reviews for The Witch Hunts
"comprehensive account of one of the most malign periods in Eureopean history" - Glasgow Herald `Lively and readable.  It is written in a style as personal and attractive as any I have encountered...It has just the right balance of magisterial detachment and personal insight.'  Ronald Hutton, Universityof Bristol  6 page feature article on book in History ... Read more

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