{"product_id":"9781398545144-witchland","title":"Witchland","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Tale of Witch Hunting and War in Seventeenth-Century Britain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA completely new history of the country’s biggest witch hunt, written by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitchcraft \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eauthor and Renaissance and Magical Literatures professor Marion Gibson. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'No historian before Marion Gibson has managed to convey so well the lived reality of British witch trials at the local level. This is as close to an eye-witness view of them as we are likely to get'\u003cb\u003e Ronald Hutton, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Witch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf the witchfinders came to your town, who would you have believed – and what would you have done?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1640s, Britain was swept up in a brutal witch hunt. The economic uncertainty and religious extremism fuelled by the English Civil War created a climate of fear. Neighbours turned on each other. Women and the poor were especially vulnerable, scapegoated by the powerful looking for someone to blame. In the resulting hysteria – which would, just a few decades later, provide a handbook for the Salem trials – hundreds of innocent people were killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving from village to village in Scotland and England, Professor Marion Gibson reveals how accusations grew out of everyday tensions – poverty, grief, and resentment – and how entire communities took part in persecuting the vulnerable. Drawing on newly uncovered historical records, this gripping account restores the voices of those accused of witchcraft. Vivid and intimate, \u003ci\u003eWitchland\u003c\/i\u003e shows that these were ordinary people with extraordinary stories, largely forgotten by history, caught up in suspicion and moral panic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitchland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a captivating story of fanaticism, inequality and the violence that surfaces during times of political upheaval.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A remarkable feat of scholarship and empathy . chilling and timely read!'\u003cb\u003e Shelley Puhak, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Blood Countess \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dark Queens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57684743455094,"sku":"9781398545144","price":15.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41008406_dac6301b-f025-4555-a475-189e1979bf11.jpg?v=1776995418","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398545144-witchland","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}