English witchcraft, 1560-1736
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English witchcraft, 1560-1736
Pickering & Chatto, 2003
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Description
This chronological collection charts the change in attitudes to witchcraft during the period 1560-1736, which culminates in the educated debate on the reality of witchcraft and the gradual decline in belief in witches and associated phenomena.
Table of Contents
- Volume 1 Early English Demonological Works Henry Holland, A Treatise against Witchcraft
- or, a Dialogue, wherein the greatest doubts concerning the sinne, are briefly answered (1590)
- William Perkins, A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft
- so farre forth as it is revealed in the Scriptures, and manifest by true Experience (1608) Volume 2 Early English Trial Pamphlets Richard Galis, A brief treatise conteyning the most strange and horrible crueltye of Elizabeth Stile (1579)
- [anon.], The Apprehension and confession of three notorious Witches (1589)
- [anon.], The most strange and admirable discoverie of the three Witches of Warboys (1593)
- John Darrell, An Apologie, of defence of the possession of William Sommers, a yong man of the towne of Nottingham (n.p., ?1599)
- [anon.], Witches Apprehended, Examined and Executed, for notable villanies by them committed both by Land and Water (1613)
- [anon.], The Wonderful Discoverie of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Phillip Flower (1619 Volume 3 The Matthew Hopkins Trials H F, A true and exact Relation of the Severall Informations, Examinations, and Confessions of the late Witches, arraigned and executed in the County of Essex (1645)
- [anon.], A True Relation of the Araignment of eighteene Witches That were tried, convicted, and condemned, at a Sessions holden at St Edmonds-bury in Suffolke (1645)
- [anon.], The Lawes against Witches and Coniuration. And Some brief Notes and Observations for the Discovery of Witches (1645)
- [anon.], Signes and wonders from Heaven. With a true Relation of a Monster borne in Ratcliffe Highway ... Likewise a new discovery of Witches in Stepney parish. And how 20. Witches more were executed in Suffolke this last Assise (1645)
- John Davenport, The Witches of Huntingdon, Their Examinations and Confessions, exactly taken by his Majesties Justices of the Peace for that County (1646)
- John Gaule, Select Cases of Conscience touching Witches and Witchcrafts (1646)
- Matthew Hopkins, The Discovery of Witches: In Answer to severall Queries Lately Delivered to the Judges of Assize for the County of Norfolk (1647)
- John Stearne, A Confirmation And Discovery of Witch Craft (1648)
- [anon.], A Most Certain, Strange and true Discovery of a Witch. Being taken by some of the Parliament Forces, as she was standing on a small planck-board and sayling on it over the River of Newbury (1643)
- [anon.], The Examination, Confession, Triall, and Execution, of Joane Williford, Joan Cariden, and Jane Hott: who were executed at Faversham in Kent, for being Witches, on Munday the 29 of September, 1645 (1645)
- Mary Moore, Wonderfull News from the North. Or, A True Relation Of The Sad And Grievous Torments, Inflicted upon the Bodies of three Children of Mr George Muschamp, late of the County of Northumberland, by Witchcraft (1650)
- H F, A Prodigious & Tragicall History Of The Arraignment, Tryall, Confession and Condemnation of six Witches at Maidstone in Kent (1652) Volume 4 The Post-Restoration Synthesis and its Opponents John Wagstaffe, The Question of Witchcraft Debated (1669)
- John Webster, The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft (1677) Volume 5 The Later English Trial Pamphlets I. The Bideford Witches, 1682: [anon.], A True and Impartial Relation of the Informations against Three Witches (1682)
- [anon.], The Tryal, Condemnation, and Execution of three Witches (1682)
- [anon.], The Life and Conversation of Temperance Floyd, Mary Lloyd, and Susanna Edwards (1687)
- II. The Case of Richard Hathaway, 1702: [anon.], The Tryal of Richard Hathaway, upon an Information for being a Cheat and Imposter (1702)
- III. The Case of Jane Wenham, 1712: [Francis Bragge], A Full and Impartial Account of the Discovery of Sorcery and Witchcraft (1712)
- [anon.], A Full Confutation of Witchcraft (1712)
- G R, A M, The Belief of Witchcraft Vindicated (1712)
- [Francis Bragge], Witchcraft Farther Display'd (1712)
- [anon.], The Case of the Hertfordshire Witchcraft Consider'd (1712) Volume 6 The Final Debate Francis Hutchinson, An Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft. With Observations upon Matters of Fact: tending to clear the texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar Errors about that Point (1718)
- Richard Boulton, The Possibility and Reality of Magick, Sorcery and Witchcraft, demonstrated. Or, a Vindication of a Compleat History of Magick, Sorcery and Witchcraft, in Answer to Dr Hutchinson's Historical Essay (1722)
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