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- catalog abstract ""Reading Witchcraft explores the stories told by and about 'witches' and their 'victims', and questions what can be recovered from their trial records, early news books, pamphlets and personal accounts. In her wide-ranging selection of original sources, Marion Gibson uncovers truth, fiction and incertitude in stories of witchcraft. Who told them and why? How were they recorded? And how might they have been distorted or stereotyped?" "Reading Witchcraft looks closely at these legal documents and printed pamphlets and shows that their representations of witchcraft are far from straightforward. Even the simplest story can mask a complex creative process which sometimes led to the deaths of innocent people. We are left with a challenging record of the power of the human imagination."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11153620.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Reading Witchcraft explores the stories told by and about 'witches' and their 'victims', and questions what can be recovered from their trial records, early news books, pamphlets and personal accounts. In her wide-ranging selection of original sources, Marion Gibson uncovers truth, fiction and incertitude in stories of witchcraft. Who told them and why? How were they recorded? And how might they have been distorted or stereotyped?" "Reading Witchcraft looks closely at these legal documents and printed pamphlets and shows that their representations of witchcraft are far from straightforward. Even the simplest story can mask a complex creative process which sometimes led to the deaths of innocent people. We are left with a challenging record of the power of the human imagination."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p [223]-233) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction. The witch, the pedlar and the pedlar's son. Rereading witchcraft: which stories and why do we need to reread them? -- Pt. I. Records. 1. Ghost-writers -- dialogue, interrogation and the production of the records of witchcraft. Questions. Answers: pre-scripted or imaginative, resistance or confession? Writers: clerks and pamphleteers. A case study of The Apprehension and confession of three notorious Witches. 2. Witchcraft trials and a methodology for reading them. Preparing for trial. Indictment. Arraignment and plea. Reporting evidence -- documents and oral testimony. Reporting evidence -- vivid accounts. Verdict and sentence. Reporting evidence -- a case study of The Witches of Northamptonshire and a related manuscript. London and Middlesex -- Goodcole. Conclusions".
- catalog extent "vii, 242 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415206456".
- catalog identifier "0415206464 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "133.4/3/094209031 21".
- catalog subject "BF1581 .G535 1999".
- catalog subject "Trials (Witchcraft) England History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Trials (Witchcraft) England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft England History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft England History 17th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. The witch, the pedlar and the pedlar's son. Rereading witchcraft: which stories and why do we need to reread them? -- Pt. I. Records. 1. Ghost-writers -- dialogue, interrogation and the production of the records of witchcraft. Questions. Answers: pre-scripted or imaginative, resistance or confession? Writers: clerks and pamphleteers. A case study of The Apprehension and confession of three notorious Witches. 2. Witchcraft trials and a methodology for reading them. Preparing for trial. Indictment. Arraignment and plea. Reporting evidence -- documents and oral testimony. Reporting evidence -- vivid accounts. Verdict and sentence. Reporting evidence -- a case study of The Witches of Northamptonshire and a related manuscript. London and Middlesex -- Goodcole. Conclusions".
- catalog title "Reading witchcraft : stories of early English witches / Marion Gibson.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".