Witchfinders
A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy
by Malcolm Gaskill
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"By spring 1645, two years of civil war had exacted a dreadful toll upon England. People lived in terror as disease and poverty spread, and the nation grew ever more politically divided. In a remote corner of Essex, two obscure gentlemen, Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne, exploited the anxiety and lawlessness of the time and initiated a brutal campaign to drive out the presumed evil in their midst ... Malcolm Gaskill retells the story of the most savage witch-hunt in English history ... Though their campaign was never legally sanctioned, they garnered the popular support of local gentry, clergy, and villagers ... [This story] serves as a reminder of the power of fear and fanaticism to fuel ordinary people's willingness to demonize others"--Dust jacket.
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Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy
October 15, 2007, Harvard University Press
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Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy
2007, Harvard University Press
in English
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Witchfinders: a seventeenth-century English tragedy
2005, John Murray
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Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy
October 31, 2005, Harvard University Press
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