The Lancashire Witch Craze: Jennet Preston and the Lancashire Witches, 1612'Jennet Preston lies heavy upon me, ' cried Thomas Lister on his deathbed. We are told that his corpse bled when she touched it ... and Jennet was convicted of witchcraft. Was there really a satanic coven on Pendle side? Or was Jennet framed by Lister's son? And were the other 'witches' actually caught up in a much broader and more disturbing pattern of religious persecution? In this best-selling account, Jonathan Lumby presents a remarkable series of new insights. By placing the events in their wider European context, he explains far more satisfactorily than ever before exactly why these disturbing events occurred. |
Contents
The Investigation I | 1 |
The Silencing of Dissention | 5 |
Jennets Homeland | 7 |
Copyright | |
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The Lancashire Witch Craze: Jennet Preston and the Lancashire Witches, 1612 Jonathan Lumby No preview available - 1995 |
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References to this book
Early Modern Witches: Witchcraft Cases in Contemporary Writing Marion Gibson No preview available - 2000 |