Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson, Narrated by Rose AkroydRequirements: .MP3 reader, 201.4MB, 11 hours and 2 minutes (Chapters)Overview: Salem, King James VI, Malleus Maleficarum. The world of witch hunts and witch trials sounds antiquated, relics of an unenlightened and brutal age. However, ‘witch hunt’ is heard often in the present-day media, […]
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion GibsonRequirements: .ePUB reader, 118 mbOverview: This book uses thirteen significant trials to explore the history of witchcraft and witch hunts. As well as investigating some of the most famous trials from the middle ages to the 18th century, it takes us in new and surprising directions. It […]
The Witches of St Osyth by Marion GibsonRequirements: .PDF reader, 6.8 MBOverview: An emotive, haunting story of a community torn apart, the Essex witch accusations and trial of 1581-2 are, taken together, one of the pivotal instances of that malign and destructive wave of misogynistic persecution which periodically broke over early modern England. Yet, for […]
Shakespeare’s Demonology: A Dictionary by Marion Gibson, Jo Ann EsraRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 2.5 MbOverview: This volume in the long-running and acclaimed Shakespeare Dictionary series is a detailed, critical reference work examining all aspects of magic, good and evil, across Shakespeare’s works. Topics covered include the representation of fairies, witches, ghosts, devils and spirits.Genre: […]
Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft by Marion GibsonRequirements: .PDF reader, 2.7 MBOverview: Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft is an exploration of witchcraft in the literature of Britain and America from the 16th and 17th centuries through to the present day. As well as the themes of history and literature (politics and war, genre and intertextuality), the book considers issues […]