Marks Of An Absolute Witch

Author : Dr Orna Alyagon Darr
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409482437

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Marks of an Absolute Witch by Dr Orna Alyagon Darr Pdf

This work explores the social foundation of evidence law in a specific historical social and cultural context - the debate concerning the proof of the crime of witchcraft in early modern England. In this period the question of how to prove the crime of witchcraft was the centre of a public debate and even those who strongly believed in the reality of witchcraft had considerable concerns regarding its proof. In a typical witchcraft crime there were no eyewitnesses, and since torture was not a standard measure in English criminal trials, confessions could not be easily obtained. The scarcity of evidence left the fact-finders with a pressing dilemma. On the one hand, using the standard evidentiary methods might have jeopardized any chance of prosecuting and convicting extremely dangerous criminals. On the other hand, lowering the evidentiary standards might have led to the conviction of innocent people. Based on the analysis of 157 primary sources, the book presents a picture of a diverse society whose members tried to influence evidentiary techniques to achieve their distinct goals and to bolster their social standing. In so doing this book further uncovers the interplay between the struggle with the evidentiary dilemma and social characteristics (such as class, position along the centre/periphery axis and the professional affiliation) of the participants in the debate. In particular, attention is focused on the professions of law, clergy and medicine. This book finds clear affinity between the professional affiliation and the evidentiary positions of the participants in the debate, demonstrating how the diverse social players and groups employed evidentiary strategies as a resource, to mobilize their interests. The witchcraft debate took place within the formative era of modern evidence law, and the book highlights the mutual influences between the witch trials and major legal developments.

Author : Orna Alyagon Darr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317100393

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Marks of an Absolute Witch by Orna Alyagon Darr Pdf

This work explores the social foundation of evidence law in a specific historical social and cultural context - the debate concerning the proof of the crime of witchcraft in early modern England. In this period the question of how to prove the crime of witchcraft was the centre of a public debate and even those who strongly believed in the reality of witchcraft had considerable concerns regarding its proof. In a typical witchcraft crime there were no eyewitnesses, and since torture was not a standard measure in English criminal trials, confessions could not be easily obtained. The scarcity of evidence left the fact-finders with a pressing dilemma. On the one hand, using the standard evidentiary methods might have jeopardized any chance of prosecuting and convicting extremely dangerous criminals. On the other hand, lowering the evidentiary standards might have led to the conviction of innocent people. Based on the analysis of 157 primary sources, the book presents a picture of a diverse society whose members tried to influence evidentiary techniques to achieve their distinct goals and to bolster their social standing. In so doing this book further uncovers the interplay between the struggle with the evidentiary dilemma and social characteristics (such as class, position along the centre/periphery axis and the professional affiliation) of the participants in the debate. In particular, attention is focused on the professions of law, clergy and medicine. This book finds clear affinity between the professional affiliation and the evidentiary positions of the participants in the debate, demonstrating how the diverse social players and groups employed evidentiary strategies as a resource, to mobilize their interests. The witchcraft debate took place within the formative era of modern evidence law, and the book highlights the mutual influences between the witch trials and major legal developments.

Author : Sidia Fiorato,John Drakakis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783110464481

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Performing the Renaissance Body by Sidia Fiorato,John Drakakis Pdf

The volume analyses the concept of the “body” in the Renaissance period and its articulations and interpretations both in the legal field and the theatre. The body emerges as a site of regulation, shaped by social and political ideologies and specific networks of power, as well as a site of resistance to the codification of individual identity and the medium for its re-assertion in strict connection to the concept of the juridical persona.

Author : Gordon C. Chang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031176821

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Revolution and Witchcraft by Gordon C. Chang Pdf

Ideas influence people. In particular, extremely well-developed sets of ideas shape individuals, groups, and societies in far-reaching ways. This book establishes these “idea systems” as an academic concept. Through three intense episodes of manipulation and mayhem connected to idea systems—Europe’s witch hunts, the Mao Zedong-era “revolutions,” and the early campaign of the U.S. War on Terror—this book charts the cognitive and informational matrices that seize control of people’s mentalities and behaviors across societies. Through these, the author reaches two conclusions. The first, that we are all vulnerable to the dominating influence of our own matrices of ideas and to those woven by others in the social system. The second, that even the most masterful manipulators of idea programs may lose control of the outcomes of programmatic manipulation. Amongst this analysis, sixty-plus central conceptual terminologies are provided for readers to analyze multiform idea systems that exist across space, time, and cultural contexts. This is an open access book.

Author : Darryl Chalk,Mary Floyd-Wilson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030144289

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Contagion and the Shakespearean Stage by Darryl Chalk,Mary Floyd-Wilson Pdf

This collection of essays considers what constituted contagion in the minds of early moderns in the absence of modern germ theory. In a wide range of essays focused on early modern drama and the culture of theater, contributors explore how ideas of contagion not only inform representations of the senses (such as smell and touch) and emotions (such as disgust, pity, and shame) but also shape how people understood belief, narrative, and political agency. Epidemic thinking was not limited to medical inquiry or the narrow study of a particular disease. Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker and other early modern writers understood that someone might be infected or transformed by the presence of others, through various kinds of exchange, or if exposed to certain ideas, practices, or environmental conditions. The discourse and concept of contagion provides a lens for understanding early modern theatrical performance, dramatic plots, and theater-going itself.

Author : Andrew Hadfield,Matthew Dimmock,Abigail Shinn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317042068

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Culture in Early Modern England by Andrew Hadfield,Matthew Dimmock,Abigail Shinn Pdf

The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Culture in Early Modern England is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of current research on popular culture in the early modern era. For the first time a detailed yet wide-ranging consideration of the breadth and scope of early modern popular culture in England is collected in one volume, highlighting the interplay of 'low' and 'high' modes of cultural production (while also questioning the validity of such terminology). The authors examine how popular culture impacted upon people's everyday lives during the period, helping to define how individuals and groups experienced the world. Issues as disparate as popular reading cultures, games, food and drink, time, textiles, religious belief and superstition, and the function of festivals and rituals are discussed. This research companion will be an essential resource for scholars and students of early modern history and culture.

Author : Todd H.J. Pettigrew,Stephanie M. Pettigrew,Jacques A. Bailly
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004372849

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The Major Works of John Cotta by Todd H.J. Pettigrew,Stephanie M. Pettigrew,Jacques A. Bailly Pdf

This volume presents the first critical edition of the works of the early modern physician and thinker John Cotta, who boldly called for reform in both medical practice and the prosecution of witchcraft.

Author : Laura Patricia Stokes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230309043

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Demons of Urban Reform by Laura Patricia Stokes Pdf

A comparative analysis of early witch trials in Lucerne, Nuremberg and Basel, within the context of criminal justice and social control. The case of Lucerne presents a fascinating interplay between witch trials and a transformation in the city's criminal procedure on one hand, and between witchcraft fears and social control on the other.

Author : Cotton Mather D.D.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781773561400

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The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather D.D. Pdf

Author : Charles Wentworth Upham,Howard Williams,Increase Mather,Cotton Mather,Allen Putnam,Frederick George Lee,James Thacher,M. V. B. Perley,John M. Taylor,William P. Upham,M. Schele de Vere,Samuel Roberts Wells
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 1226 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : EAN:8596547716426

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The History of Witchcraft in America by Charles Wentworth Upham,Howard Williams,Increase Mather,Cotton Mather,Allen Putnam,Frederick George Lee,James Thacher,M. V. B. Perley,John M. Taylor,William P. Upham,M. Schele de Vere,Samuel Roberts Wells Pdf

British Colonies on the east coast of North American continent had been settled by religious refugees seeking to build a pure, Bible-based society. They lived closely with the sense of the supernatural and they intended to build a society based on their religious beliefs. That is what caused numerous quarrels, troubles and accusations among which the witchcraft was quite common and the most dangerous. While witch trials had begun to fade out across much of Europe by the mid-17th century, they continued in the American Colonies. The earliest recorded witchcraft execution in America was in 1647 in Connecticut. The witch hunt in American Colonies culminated with the Salem Trials when over 200 people were accused, and 19 of whom were found guilty and executed by hanging. This collection contains books that depict the history of witchcraft and witch trials in the USA. Introduction: The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Howard Williams Witchcraft in America: The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather and Increase Mather Salem Witchcraft by Charles Wentworth Upham Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather by Charles Wentworth Upham A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials by M. V. B. Perley An Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem in 1682 by James Thacher House of John Procter, Witchcraft Martyr, 1692 by William P. Upham The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism by Samuel Roberts Wells The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by John M. Taylor Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam

Author : Charles Wentworth Upham,Increase Mather,Cotton Mather,James Thacher,M. V. B. Perley,William P. Upham,Samuel Roberts Wells
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 795 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-10
Category : True Crime
ISBN : EAN:8596547773290

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Salem Bewitched by Charles Wentworth Upham,Increase Mather,Cotton Mather,James Thacher,M. V. B. Perley,William P. Upham,Samuel Roberts Wells Pdf

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused, 19 of whom were found guilty and executed by hanging (14 women and 5 men). One other man, Giles Corey, was crushed to death for refusing to plead, and at least five people died in jail. It was the deadliest witch hunt in the history of colonial North America. This collection contains works that concern this infamous witch hunt and trials: The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather and Increase Mather Salem Witchcraft by Charles Wentworth Upham Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather by Charles Wentworth Upham A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials by M. V. B. Perley An Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem in 1682 by James Thacher House of John Procter, Witchcraft Martyr, 1692 by William P. Upham The Salem Witchcraft by Samuel Roberts Wells

Author : Bram Stoker,Charles Mackay,William Godwin,Walter Scott,Charles Wentworth Upham,Jules Michelet,John Ashton,Howard Williams,Increase Mather,Cotton Mather,Allen Putnam,George Moir,Frederick George Lee,James Thacher,M. V. B. Perley,Wilhelm Meinhold,John M. Taylor,E. Lynn Linton,William P. Upham,W. H. Davenport Adams,M. Schele de Vere,John G. Campbell,John Maxwell Wood,Samuel Roberts Wells
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 3496 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:8596547716884

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The Mythology and History of Witchcraft by Bram Stoker,Charles Mackay,William Godwin,Walter Scott,Charles Wentworth Upham,Jules Michelet,John Ashton,Howard Williams,Increase Mather,Cotton Mather,Allen Putnam,George Moir,Frederick George Lee,James Thacher,M. V. B. Perley,Wilhelm Meinhold,John M. Taylor,E. Lynn Linton,William P. Upham,W. H. Davenport Adams,M. Schele de Vere,John G. Campbell,John Maxwell Wood,Samuel Roberts Wells Pdf

This meticulously edited collection on witchcraft is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Introduction to Witchcraft: The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Howard Williams The Devil in Britain and America by John Ashton Witchcraft in Europe: History of Magic and Witchcraft: Magic and Witchcraft Lives of the Necromancers Witch, Warlock, and Magician Practitioners of Magic & Witchcraft and Clairvoyance Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch Sidonia, the Sorceress La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Tales & Legends: Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland Witch Stories Studies: The Witch Mania Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland Modern Magic Witchcraft in America: The Wonders of the Invisible World Salem Witchcraft Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials An Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem in 1682 House of John Procter, Witchcraft Martyr, 1692 Studies: The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism by Samuel Roberts Wells The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by John M. Taylor Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam On Witchcraft: Glimpses of the Supernatural – Witchcraft and Necromancy by Frederick George Lee Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott

Author : Bram Stoker,Charles Mackay,William Godwin,Walter Scott,Charles Wentworth Upham,Jules Michelet,John Ashton,Howard Williams,Increase Mather,Cotton Mather,Allen Putnam,George Moir,Frederick George Lee,James Thacher,M. V. B. Perley,Wilhelm Meinhold,John M. Taylor,E. Lynn Linton,William P. Upham,W. H. Davenport Adams,M. Schele de Vere,St. John D. Seymour,John G. Campbell,John Maxwell Wood,Samuel Roberts Wells,Margaret Murray
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 3682 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : EAN:8596547772132

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The Great Book of Witchcraft by Bram Stoker,Charles Mackay,William Godwin,Walter Scott,Charles Wentworth Upham,Jules Michelet,John Ashton,Howard Williams,Increase Mather,Cotton Mather,Allen Putnam,George Moir,Frederick George Lee,James Thacher,M. V. B. Perley,Wilhelm Meinhold,John M. Taylor,E. Lynn Linton,William P. Upham,W. H. Davenport Adams,M. Schele de Vere,St. John D. Seymour,John G. Campbell,John Maxwell Wood,Samuel Roberts Wells,Margaret Murray Pdf

Good Press presents to you this unique collection of books about witchcraft, witch trials, magic, sorcery legends, supernatural, demonology and occult practice: Introduction: The Superstitions of Witchcraft The Devil in Britain and America Witchcraft in Europe: History of Magic and Witchcraft: Magic and Witchcraft Lives of the Necromancers Witch, Warlock, and Magician Irish Witchcraft and Demonology Practitioners of Magic & Witchcraft and Clairvoyance Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch Sidonia, the Sorceress La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Tales & Legends: Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland Witch Stories Studies: The Witch Mania The Witch-cult in Western Europe Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland Modern Magic Witchcraft in America: Salem Trials: The Wonders of the Invisible World Salem Witchcraft Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials An Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem in 1682 House of John Procter, Witchcraft Martyr, 1692 Studies: The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism On Witchcraft: Glimpses of the Supernatural – Witchcraft and Necromancy Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft

Author : Georgia Bowers
Publisher : Swoon Reads
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250773906

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Mark of the Wicked by Georgia Bowers Pdf

A young witch tries to unravel the mystery of who is framing her for dark magic in Georgia Bowers' creepy YA debut fantasy, Mark of the Wicked. Magic always leaves its mark. All her life, Matilda has been told one thing about her magic: You use only when necessary. But Matilda isn't interested in being a good witch. She wants revenge and popularity, and to live her life free of consequences, free of the scars that dark magic leaves on her face as a reminder of her misdeeds. When a spell goes awry and the new boy at school catches her in the act, Matilda thinks her secret might be out. But far from being afraid, Oliver already knows about her magic - and he wants to learn more. As Oliver and Matilda grow closer, bizarre things begin to happen: Animals show up with their throats slashed and odd markings carved into their bodies, a young girl dies mysteriously, and everyone blames Matilda. But she isn’t responsible — at least, not that she can remember. As her magic begins to spin out of control, Matilda must decide for herself what makes a good witch, and discover the truth...before anyone else turns up dead. "[A] breathlessly told, consuming portrait of a witch’s relationship with loneliness and power... protagonists are elaborately drawn, and the novel’s eerie atmosphere lingers." —Publishers Weekly

Author : Julia Halina Hadas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781507213940

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WitchCraft Cocktails by Julia Halina Hadas Pdf

A stunning collection of 70 witchcraft-inspired drink recipes with inspiration for creating your very own spirited cocktails to benefit your practice. For centuries, witches have been using spirits of all forms during rituals and celebrations. Now, today’s modern witch can learn how to make the perfect powerful witchcraft cocktail. All you need is a delicious and easy recipe, a bottle of your favorite booze, and a desire to get witchy. In WitchCraft Cocktails, you will find 70 recipes for alcohol-based beverages that are sure to help you in your craft. Designed for healing, spells, offerings, and just plain fun, there’s nothing these boozy drinks can’t do! Need a love potion to help woo your lover? Maybe a tincture to heal a cold? Or perhaps you’re looking for the perfect witch-themed signature cocktail to serve at your next gathering. Regardless of what you’re looking for, this book has you covered and includes tips on how to use your witch’s brew to further your practice—and have fun!