The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

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Together they comprise not just a history of witchcraft but a cautionary tale' Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin of All Witches Helena Scheuberin * Anny Sampson * Gillie Duncan Kari Edisdattar * Bess Clarke * Tatabe of Salem * Marie-Catherine Cadiere * Nellie DuncanStormy Daniels These are their stories 'Thought-provoking and timely. Searing'Jessie Childs, The Times The world of witch-hunts and witch trials sounds archaic and fanciful, these terms relics of an unenlightened, brutal age. As well as exploring the origins of witch-hunts through some of the most famous trials from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, it takes us in new and surprising directions. In Witchcraft - a stunning hardback with 16 pages of beautiful illustrations - Professor Marion Gibson uses thirteen significant trials to tell the global history of witchcraft and witch-hunts. However, we often hear 'witch-hunt' in today's media, and the misogyny that shaped witch trials is all too familiar.