Gibson Marion - Witchcraft A History In Thirteen Trials - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A thought - provoking and timely (The Times London) global history of witch trials across Europe Africa and the Americas told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history. This inventive and compelling (Times Literary Supplement) work of social history travels through thirteen witch trials across history some famous like the Salem witch trials and some lesser - known: on Vard island Norway in the 1620s where an indigenous Sami woman was accused of murder; in France in 1731, during the country's last witch trial where a young woman was pitted against her confessor and cult leader; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft was feared then decriminalized and then reimagined as gendered persecution Witchcraft takes on the intersections between gender and power indigenous spirituality and colonial rule political conspiracy and individual resistance. Offering a striking dramatic journey unspooling over centuries and across continents Witchcraft is a well - rounded insight into some of the strangest and cruelest moments in history (Buzz Magazine) giving voice to those who have been silenced by history.
Title: Witchcraft A History In Thirteen Trials
Author(s): Gibson Marion
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781668002421
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/16/2024
Category: Social & Cultural History