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Wright, Thomas

 
9781108044196: Narratives of Sorcery and Magic: Volume 2: From the Most Authentic Sources

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Thomas Wright's interest in folklore and legend led to this two-volume 1851 account of sorcery and magic across Europe.

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Descrizione del libro

English historian and antiquary Thomas Wright (1810–70) published prolifically on subjects ranging from Old English texts to Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. This two-volume 1851 publication is testimony to his interest in folklore, sorcery and legend. In Volume 2, Wright examines notorious cases of witchcraft from across seventeenth-century Europe.

Contenuti

18. Adventures of Doctor Torralva; 19. Trial of the Earl and Countess of Somerset; 20. La maréchale d'Ancre; 21. Louis Gaufridi; 22. The Ursulines of Loudun; 23. The Lancashire witches; 24. Witchcraft in England during the earlier part of the seventeenth century; 25. Witchcraft under the Commonwealth. Matthew Hopkins the Witch-finder; 26. Witchcraft in Germany, in the earlier part of the seventeenth-century; 27. The witches of Scotland under King James after his accession to the English throne; 28. Confessions of Isobel Gowdie; 29. The witches of Mohra in Sweden; 30. Sir Matthew Hale and Chief Justice Holt; 31. The doings of Satan in New England; 32. Conclusion.

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9781108044189: Narratives of Sorcery and Magic: Volume 1: From the Most Authentic Sources

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ISBN 10:  1108044182 ISBN 13:  9781108044189
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012
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