Witch Trials
A Worldwide Chronology
Seiten
2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9441-2 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9441-2 (ISBN)
A chronological reference compendium tracing accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day. The text provides detailed information on actual hearings, torture, and death sentences for cases both famous and unknown.
This chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day. The text provides detailed information on actual hearings, torture, and death sentences for cases both famous and unknown. Primary sources--media, correspondence, adjudication--reveal the appalling injustices of government, church, and mobs toward the accused. Extensive appendices include a glossary, chronology of examples, and a list of legal proceedings, their locations, and outcomes.
This chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day. The text provides detailed information on actual hearings, torture, and death sentences for cases both famous and unknown. Primary sources--media, correspondence, adjudication--reveal the appalling injustices of government, church, and mobs toward the accused. Extensive appendices include a glossary, chronology of examples, and a list of legal proceedings, their locations, and outcomes.
Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 35 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women's and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.
Preface
Introduction
The Beginnings, 323 bce
The Inquisition, 1184
The Templars, 1307
Joan of Arc on Trial, 1431
The New World, 1647
The Age of Enlightenment, 1714
World Proliferation, 1949
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Chronology
Appendix C: Professional Status
Appendix D: Trial Locations
Appendix E: Trial Outcomes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.07.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-9441-9 / 1476694419 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-9441-2 / 9781476694412 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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