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Author : John Stearne
Release : 1648
Genre : Witchcraft
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Book Synopsis A Confirmation and Discovery of Witch-craft by : John Stearne
Download or read book A Confirmation and Discovery of Witch-craft written by John Stearne. This book was released on 1648. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Stearne
Release : 1648
Genre : Witchcraft
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Book Synopsis A confirmation and discovery of witchcraft by : John Stearne
Download or read book A confirmation and discovery of witchcraft written by John Stearne. This book was released on 1648. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Stearne
Release : 1973
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Synopsis A Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft by : John Stearne
Download or read book A Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft written by John Stearne. This book was released on 1973. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John STEARNE
Release : 2021-09-23
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Book Synopsis A Confirmation and Discovery of Witch-Craft by : John STEARNE
Download or read book A Confirmation and Discovery of Witch-Craft written by John STEARNE. This book was released on 2021-09-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written by John Stearne (Sterne) and is his sole publication. He was closely associated with Witch-Finder General Matthew Hopkins and participated in an intense campaign between 1645 and 1647. oh of whom were professionals and not indifferent to profit and notoriety. Stearne was labelled a puritan and the book pays close attention to biblical texts.
Author : Scott Eaton
Release : 2020-05-31
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 430/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis John Stearne’s Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft by : Scott Eaton
Download or read book John Stearne’s Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft written by Scott Eaton. This book was released on 2020-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
