The witches of Warboys : an extraordinary story of sorcery, sadism and satanic possession /
On a foggy November day in 1589, when one of the five daughters of Robert and Elizabeth Throckmorton suddenly fell sick, no one in the small English village of Warboys could have predicted the terrifying events that would follow. Or envisaged that four years later, in April 1593, the Throckmortons&#...
| Основен автор: | Almond, Philip C. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
I.B. Tauris,
2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=243374 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Witches of Warboys. |
| Резюме: |
On a foggy November day in 1589, when one of the five daughters of Robert and Elizabeth Throckmorton suddenly fell sick, no one in the small English village of Warboys could have predicted the terrifying events that would follow. Or envisaged that four years later, in April 1593, the Throckmortons' neighbours Alice, Agnes and John Samuel, would be dragged before a country court on charges of sorcery, enchantment and murder. There is no more dramatic story in the annals of English witchcraft than that of the witches of Warboys. Yet, despite a rich and colourful cast of characters, and a potent. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781435691735 1435691733 |