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The Lancashire witches histories and stories.

This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial, which took place in 1612 when ten witches from the Forest of Pendle were hanged at Lancaster. In this volume, eleven experts from a variety of fields offer new surveys of these events, and of their meaning for c...

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Autor principal: Poole, Robert
Formato: Software eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2003.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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