Witchcraft in Exeter 1558-1660 Sorry out of print again!

Description

The ancient city of Exeter is the last place in England where people are known to have been hanged for the alleged crime of ‘witchcraft’.

In this book, Mark Stoyle tells the stories of some of the unfortunate men and women who were denounced to the city magistrates as ‘witches’ between 1558 and 1660: the period during which the great majority of English witch-prosecutions occurred.

Following the progress of each case from accusation, to imprisonment, to trial, to ultimate sentence – and, sometimes, all the way up to the gallows itself – the book sheds powerful new light on occult belief in Tudor and Stuart Exeter, and on the dark, uneasy world of the urban ‘witch’.

Publisher The Mint Press. Author Mark Stoyle Paperback Pages 80 including 1 maps Exeter and index. Size 210mm x 148mm