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Gibson, Marion, 1970- author.

Witchcraft : a history in thirteen trials / Marion Gibson.

First Scribner hardcover edition.

New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2024.

©2023

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

"A ... global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate the pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history"-- Provided by publisher.

Witchcraft -- History.

Witches -- History.

Trials (Witchcraft) -- History.

Witches -- History.

Witch hunting -- History.

Sex discrimination against women -- History.

Witchcraft : a history in 13 trials

History in thirteen trials

History in 13 trials

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The trial of Helena Scheuberin: a demonologist hammers witches -- The trial of the North Berwick witches: a king delights in demonology -- The trial of the Vardøo witches: demonology at Europe's colonial edge -- The trial of Joan Wright: practical magic and America's first witch -- The trial of Bess Clarke: disability and demonic families in the English civil war -- The trial of Tatabe: slavery and survival on the Salem frontier -- The trial of Marie-Catherine Cadière: witches reimagined and a French Revolution -- The trial of Montague Summers; satanism, sex, and demonology reborn -- The trial of John Blymyer: powwow and poverty in Pennsylvania -- The trial of Nellie Duncan: witchcraft acts and World War II -- The trial of Bereng Lerotholi and Gabashane Masupha: magical murder at the end of European empire -- The trial of "Shula": witchcraft in Africa -- The trial of Stormy Daniels: witchcraft in North America.

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