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'These stories of witchcraft, true and vividly told , demonstrate the potent reality of belief in evil and how in any era or place fear can be weaponised and marginal people, mostly women, labelled as wicked and dangerous.Together they comprise not ju
'These stories of witchcraft,true and vividly told, demonstrate the potent reality of belief in evil and how in any era or place fear can be weaponised and marginal people, mostly women, labelled as wicked and dangerous.Together they comprise not just
Terrifying, compulsive, wonderful Daily Mail, Book of the Week An immensely knowledgeable and engaging guide The Times A remarkable feat of scholarship and empathy Shelley Puhak, author of The Blood Countess Astounding . . . a tour-de-force of archival r
An emotive, haunting story of a community torn apart, the Essex witch accusations and trial of 1581-2 are, taken together, one of the pivotal instances of that malign and destructive wave of misogynistic persecution which periodically broke over early mod