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Witchfinders

- A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy

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In 1645, 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. Gaskill recounts the most savage witch-hunt in English history. By the fall of 1647 at least 250 people had been captured, interrogated, and tried, with more than 100 hanged.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674025424
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 384
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. oktober 2007
  • Størrelse:
  • 147x229x0 mm.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 15. januar 2025
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In 1645, 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. Gaskill recounts the most savage witch-hunt in English history. By the fall of 1647 at least 250 people had been captured, interrogated, and tried, with more than 100 hanged.

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