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Ladataan... The Witch Hunts: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North…– tekijä: Robert Thurston
   - Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. A walkthrough of witch hunt history with an attempt to explain this odd phenomenon. The thoroughness of the book gets a bit to academic for my taste. Thurston does not accept easy explaination for the persecutions - such as a struggle between protestants and catholics - and identifies and argues well for other causes for the rise and decay of witch hunts, e.g., tensions among peasants and weak authorities. Thurston has written about the terror of Stalin's Russian and I would have expected a more detailed comparison of the witch hunts with the persecutions in this regime. Only a passing reference is made. (  ) fnielsen | Sep 1, 2009 |  I really enjoyed this book. I found the relationships around the nursery rhymes was rather interesting and helpful as examples. Interesting perspectives! Xyaida | May 13, 2008 | näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 - the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? What purpose did the persecutions serve? Who was accused, and what was the role of magic in the hunts? This important reassessment of witch panics and persecutions in Europeand colonial America both challenges and enhances existing interpretations of the phenomenon. Locating its origins 400 years earlier in the growing perception of threats to Western Christendom, Robert Thurston outlines the development of a 'persecuting society' in which campaigns against scapegoats such as heretics, Jews, lepers and homosexuals set the scene for the later witch hunts. He examines the creation of the witch stereotype and looks at how the early trials and hunts evolved, with the shift from accusatory to inquisitorial court procedures and reliance upon confessions leading to the increasing use of torture. No library descriptions found. |
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