THE WITCH HUNTS by Robert Thurston ( 9781405840835 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE WITCH HUNTS

By:

Robert Thurston

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1405840838

ISBN 13:

9781405840835

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

18 December, 2006

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

368

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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' in which campaigns against scapegoats such as heretics, Jews, lepers and homosexuals set the scene for the later witch hunts. 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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Imprint:

Longman

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