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Witchcraft

A History in Thirteen Trials

Also known as Witchcraft: The Basics

by Marion Gibson

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction

Description

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Witchcraft is a dramatic journey through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous--like the Salem witch trials--and some lesser-known: on Vardø 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 Pennsylvania in 1929 where a magical healer was labelled a 'witch'; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft became feared, decriminalized, reimagined, and eventually reframed as gendered persecution, Witchcraft takes on the intersections between gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, and political conspiracy and individual resistance. Offering a vivid, compelling, and dramatic story, unspooling through centuries, about the men and women who were accused--some of whom survived their trials, and some who did not--Witchcraft empowers the people who were and are victimized and marginalized, giving a voice to those who were silenced by history. — - Provided by publisher.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Parapsychology and psychical research, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “magick” in the subject metadata.

    • “magick”· in subject
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref, harvard, and libris matched “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the alternative title, “Witchcraft” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

    • “witchcraft”· via Crossref
    • “witchcraft”· via Harvard LibraryCloud
    • “witchcraft”· via Libris, National Library of Sweden
    • “Witchcraft”· in title
    • “Witchcraft”· in alternative title
    • “Witchcraft”· in description
  • Parapsychology and psychical research

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Parapsychology”· via Open Library
    • “Parapsychology”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 11 editions; 4 cataloged here.

Witchcraft: The Basics

Crossref publisher-supplied book record

2018-06-14RoutledgeEnglish
  • 9781315726755
Unknown

a history in thirteen trials

First Scribner hardcover edition.

xx, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

2024—English
  • 9781668002421
  • 9781668002438
  • 9781668002445
  • 1668002426
  • +1 more
Catalog record

Libris bibliographic record

20 cm; 320 sidor

2024Simon & Schuster UKEnglish
  • 9781398508538
  • 1398508535
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Subjects

21 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 11 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL20593942W
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