Witch Hunts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Witch Hunts write by Rocky Wood. This book was released on 2012-06-05. Witch Hunts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For three centuries, as the Black Death rampaged through Europe and the Reformation tore the Church apart, tens of thousands were arrested as witches and subjected to torture and execution, including being burned alive. This graphic novel examines the background; the witch hunters' methods; who profited; the brave few who protested; and how the Enlightenment gradually replaced fear and superstition with reason and science. Famed witch hunters Heinrich Kramer, architect of the infamous Malleus Maleficarum, and Matthew Hopkins, England's notorious "Witchfinder General," are covered as are the Salem Witch Trials and the last executions in Europe.
Witch Hunts in Europe and America
Witch Hunts in Europe and America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Witch Hunts in Europe and America write by William E. Burns. This book was released on 2003-10-30. Witch Hunts in Europe and America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From early sorcery trials of the 14th century—associated primarily with French and Papal courts—to the witch executions of the late 18th century, this book's entries cover witch-hunting in individual countries, major witch trials from Chelmsford, England, to Salem, Massachusetts, and significant individuals from famous witches to the devout persecutors. Entries such as the evil eye, familiars, and witch-finders cover specific aspects of the witch-hunting process, while entries on writers and modern interpretations provide insight into the current thinking on early modern witch hunts. From the wicked witch of children's stories to Halloween and present-day Wiccan groups, witches and witchcraft still fascinate observers of Western culture. Witches were believed to affect climatological catastrophes, put spells on their neighbors, and cavort with the devil. In early modern Europe and the Americas, witches and witch-hunting were an integral part of everyday life, touching major events such as the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution, as well as politics, law, medicine, and culture.
Witchcraze
Witchcraze - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Witchcraze write by Anne Llewellyn Barstow. This book was released on 1994. Witchcraze available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores the annihilation of seven million women of spirit and intelligence under the guise of 'witch hunts' in Reformation Europe
Witches and Witch-hunts
Witches and Witch-hunts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Witches and Witch-hunts write by Milton Meltzer. This book was released on 1999. Witches and Witch-hunts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Traces the origins and progression of hysteria, fear, and persecution associated with witches and witchcraft in western societies.
The Witch Hunts
The Witch Hunts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Witch Hunts write by Robert Thurston. This book was released on 2013-11-26. The Witch Hunts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
