Witchfinders

Zusatztext '[Gaskill's] meticulously researched book paints a vivid picture of a horrific period in English history and its causes' Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Gaskill was born in Suffolk but grew up in Kent. He attended Cambridge University where he read History. He completed a PhD on early modern England, then taught at Keele, Belfast and APU, before becoming Director of Studies in History at Churchill College, Cambridge, in 1999. Klappentext Subtitled, "A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy". A spellbinding study of how Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General, and John Sterne extended their campaign across East Anglia, driven by godly zeal. Exploring the anxiety and lawlessness of the times, and cheered on by ordinary folk, they extracted confessions of satanic pacts resulting in scores of executions. 'The most chilling witch-hunt in English history ... fascinating' Independent on Sunday Zusammenfassung 'The most chilling witch-hunt in English history ... fascinating' Independent on Sunday

Product details

• Authors: Malcolm Gaskill, Gaskill Malcolm
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2006
• EAN: 9780719561214
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6121-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 196 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, Witchcraft, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700