A concise account derived from sworn depositions and confessions obtained in the courts of England and Wales. With eight contemporary illustrations. Contents: Preface; History; The Devil and his organization; Intermediaries; The methods; The acts of the witches; Limitations and risks; Evidence; Confessions and depositions (in their own words); Appendices concerning the treatment of witches in various courts.
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RIVAL RELIGIONS. In all ages belief in supernatural powers has been universal, and it is to be inferred that the practice of sacrificial and magical ceremony designed to attract favourable attention with preferential treatment from the mythical gods was introduced into Britain by the earliest inhabitants as part and parcel of the primitive religious ritual of the remote heathen races. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
non cul, entertaining evil spirits, nec rec, common ravisher, gaol book, gaol calendar, three imps, gaol delivery, several indictments, four imps, two imps, delivery roll, practised witchcraft, great black cat, practising witchcraft, free confession, two teats, bewitched persons, reputed witch, next assizes, crooked pins, one indictment, full transcript, being arraigned, strange fits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jane Wenham, Mary Glover, Thomas Darling, Amy Duny, Elizabeth Clarke, Anne Ellis, Anne West, Brian Darcy, James Device, Malking Tower, Alice Gooderidge, Jesus Christ, Temperance Lloyd, Alizon Device, Anne Thorn, Elizabeth Device, Elizabeth Gooding, Mother Samuel, Robert Hunt, Roman Catholic, William Sommers, Ann Bishop, Device Exam, Jennet Preston, Mary Johnson New!
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RIVAL RELIGIONS. In all ages belief in supernatural powers has been universal, and it is to be inferred that the practice of sacrificial and magical ceremony designed to attract favourable attention with preferential treatment from the mythical gods was introduced into Britain by the earliest inhabitants as part and parcel of the primitive religious ritual of the remote heathen races. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
non cul, entertaining evil spirits, nec rec, common ravisher, gaol book, gaol calendar, three imps, gaol delivery, several indictments, four imps, two imps, delivery roll, practised witchcraft, great black cat, practising witchcraft, free confession, two teats, bewitched persons, reputed witch, next assizes, crooked pins, one indictment, full transcript, being arraigned, strange fits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jane Wenham, Mary Glover, Thomas Darling, Amy Duny, Elizabeth Clarke, Anne Ellis, Anne West, Brian Darcy, James Device, Malking Tower, Alice Gooderidge, Jesus Christ, Temperance Lloyd, Alizon Device, Anne Thorn, Elizabeth Device, Elizabeth Gooding, Mother Samuel, Robert Hunt, Roman Catholic, William Sommers, Ann Bishop, Device Exam, Jennet Preston, Mary Johnson New!
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- Woman as Healer by Jeanne Achterberg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Saving Remnant: Religion and the Settling of New England by Cedric B. Cowing on page 103
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