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Author:

Gibson, Marion, 1970- author.

Title:

Witchcraft : a history in thirteen trials / Marion Gibson.

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Scribneran imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

xx, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Subject:

Witchcraft.
Trials (Witchcraft)
Informational works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The trial of Helena Scheuberin: a demonologist hammers witches -- The trial of Stormy Daniels: witchcraft in North America. The trial of the Vardøo witches: demonology at Europe's colonial edge -- The trial of Joan Wright: practical magic and America's first witch -- The trial of Bess Clarke: disability and demonic families in the English civil war -- The trial of Tatabe: slavery and survival on the Salem frontier -- The trial of Marie-Catherine Cadière: witches reimagined and a French Revolution -- The trial of Montague Summers; satanism, sex, and demonology reborn -- The trial of John Blymyer: powwow and poverty in Pennsylvania -- The trial of Nellie Duncan: witchcraft acts and World War II -- The trial of Bereng Lerotholi and Gabashane Masupha: magical murder at the end of European empire -- The trial of "Shula": witchcraft in Africa -- The trial of Stormy Daniels: witchcraft in North America.

Summary:

"A ... global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate the pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1668002426
9781668002421

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1384415040

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

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YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

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CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

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