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Author:
Gibson, Marion, 1970- author.
Title:
The witches of St. Osyth : persecution, betrayal, and murder in Elizabethan England / Marion Gibson.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xxiii, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
Subject:
Witch hunting--St. Osyth--St. Osyth--History.
Trials (Witchcraft)--St. Osyth--St. Osyth--History.
Witchcraft--St. Osyth--St. Osyth--History.
Trials (Witchcraft)
Witch hunting.
Witchcraft.
England--St. Osyth.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Welcome to St. Osyth -- St. Osyth: Grace, Ursley, Annis, and Ales -- The Darcy Lands: Elizabeth, Ales, Margerie and Joan -- Little Clacton: Cisley and Henry -- The Sokens: Ales, Margaret, Elizabeth and Joan -- Little Oakley and Beaumont cum Moze: Annis -- An Untrue and Unjust Record -- Once More with Feeling.
Summary:
"A history of the St. Osyth witch-trial, this book tells the story of a community ripped asunder. It reveals the lost worlds of Elizabethan villagers caught up in persecution, the magistrate who investigated their accusations of witchcraft, and the writer who published their story"-- Provided by the publisher.
ISBN:
1108494676
9781108494670
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1322366805
LCCN:
2022024927
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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