{"product_id":"9781909976658-crimen-exceptum-the-english-witch-prosecution-in-context","title":"Durston Gregory J - Crimen Exceptum The English Witch Prosecution In Context - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: As the author notes The early - modern European witch - hunts were neither orchestrated massacres nor spontaneous pogroms. Alleged witches were not rounded up at night and summarily killed extra - judicially or lynched as the victims of mob justice. They were executed after trial and conviction with full legal process . A mix of superstition fear belief and ready explanations for ailments misfortune or disasters caused law politics and religion to indulge in criminalisation and the appearance of justice. Bearing echoes of modern - day othering and marginalisation of outsiders he shows how witchcraft became akin to treason (with its special rules) how evidentially speaking storms sickness or coincidence might be attributed to conjuring magic curses and spells. All this reinforced by examples and detailed references to the law and practice through which a desired outcome was achieved. In another resonance with modern times the author shows how decisions were often diverted into the hands of witch - hunters witch - finders (including self - appointed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins) witch - prickers and other experts as well as the quaintly titled cunning - folk consulted by prosecutors and victims . Crimen Exceptum (crimes apart). A straightforward and authoritative guide. Shows the rise and fall of prosecutions. Backed by a wealth of learning and research. Extract: A range of specialist tests developed to establish that a suspect truly was a witch. These included swimming pricking identifying a witch's teat requiring her to recite the Lord's Prayer or other well - known passage of scripture and any positive results obtained from the various techniques such as scratching a suspect or boiling a victim's urine to break a spell or to identify who had cast it.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Crimen Exceptum The English Witch Prosecution In Context\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Durston Gregory J\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Waterside Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781909976658\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 240 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 6\/5\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Crime History Series\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Legal History","brand":"Durston Gregory J","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49626356580657,"sku":"IN-G-9781909976658","price":38.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781909976658.jpg?v=1724911507","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781909976658-crimen-exceptum-the-english-witch-prosecution-in-context","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}