Catalogue of a Portion [1st and 2d] of the Very Extensive Library of the Late James Crossley
Author : James Crossley
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Page : 354 pages
File Size : 11,3 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Rare books
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Author : James Crossley
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Page : 354 pages
File Size : 11,3 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Rare books
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Page : 308 pages
File Size : 31,11 MB
Release : 1884
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Page : 864 pages
File Size : 18,91 MB
Release : 1885
Category : Arts
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Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Page : 1202 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
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Author : Joseph Horsfall Turner
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Page : 280 pages
File Size : 21,32 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Clergy
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Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Page : 624 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 1899
Category : English literature
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Author : Maggs Bros
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
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Author : Bodleian Library
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Page : 416 pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Bibliography
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Page : 1712 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 1858
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Author : Scott Eaton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 16,75 MB
Release : 2020-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1000079430
Between 1645-7, John Stearne led the most significant outbreak of witch-hunting in England. As accusations of witchcraft spread across East Anglia, Stearne and Matthew Hopkins were enlisted by villagers to identify and eradicate witches. After the trials finally subsided in 1648, Stearne wrote his only publication, A confirmation and discovery of witchcraft, but it had a limited readership. Consequently, Stearne and his work fell into obscurity until the 1800s, and were greatly overshadowed by Hopkins and his text. This book is the first study which analyses Stearne’s publication and contextualises his ideas within early modern intellectual cultures of religion, demonology, gender, science, and print in order to better understand the witch-finder’s beliefs and motives. The book argues that Stearne was a key player in the trials, that he was not a mainstream ‘puritan’, and that his witch-finding availed from contemporary science. It traces A confirmation’s reception history from 1648 to modern day and argues that the lack of research focusing on Stearne has resulted in misrepresentations of the witch-finder in the historiography of witchcraft. This book redresses the imbalance and seeks to provide an alternative reading of the East Anglian witch-hunt and of England’s premier witch-hunter, John Stearne.