Witchcraft by Marion Gibson


ISBN
9781398508538
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
320

'These stories of witchcraft, true and vividly told, demonstrate the potent reality of belief in evil and how in any era or place fear can be weaponised and marginal people, mostly women, labelled as wicked and dangerous. Together they comprise not just a history of witchcraft but a cautionary tale’
Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin of All Witches
 
'Thought-provoking and timely... Searing'
Jessie Childs, The Times
 
In Witchcraft,  Professor Marion Gibson uses thirteen significant trials to tell the global history of witchcraft and witch-hunts. As well as exploring the origins of witch-hunts through some of the most famous trials from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, it takes us in new and surprising directions.Three women were prosecuted under a version of the 1735 Witchcraft Act as recently as 2018.
 
Professor Gibson also tells the stories of the ‘witches’ – mostly women like Helena Scheuberin, Anny Sampson and Joan Wright, whose stories have too often been overshadowed by those of the powerful men, such as King James I and ‘Witchfinder General’ Matthew Hopkins, who hounded them.

Once a tool invented by demonologists to hurt and silence their enemies, witch trials have been twisted and transformed over the course of history and the lines between witch and witch-hunter blurred. For the fortunate, a witch-hunt is just a metaphor, but, as this book makes clear, witches are truly still on trial.  
Christmas Catalogue 2024 x BookFrenzy
21.24
RRP: $24.99
15% off RRP


This product is unable to be ordered online. Please check in-store availability.
Instore Price: $24.99
Enter your Postcode or Suburb to view availability and delivery times.

Other Titles by Marion Gibson

Reading Witchcraft
86.99
73.94
15% Off
Imagining the Pagan Past
83.99
71.39
15% Off
The Witches of St Osyth
74.99
63.74
15% Off
Witchcraft The Basics
51.99
44.19
15% Off
Witchcraft
34.99
29.74
15% Off

You might also like

The Aleister Crowley Collection
49.99
19.99
60% Off
The Book Of Practical Witchcraft
39.99
19.99
50% Off
Essential Moon Magic
24.99
9.99
60% Off
The Book Of Spells
39.99
19.99
50% Off
The Teen Witches Guide To Divination
19.99
8.99
55% Off
The Occult Magic  Witchcraft
19.99
9.99
50% Off
The Teen Witches Guide To Palm Reading
19.99
8.99
55% Off
The Book Of Shadows
29.99
25.49
15% Off
Wiccapedia
22.99
19.54
15% Off

RRP refers to the Recommended Retail Price as set out by the original publisher at time of release.
The RRP set by overseas publishers may vary to those set by local publishers due to exchange rates and shipping costs.
Due to our competitive pricing, we may have not sold all products at their original RRP.