{"product_id":"how-to-kill-a-witch-a-guide-for-the-patriarchy","title":"How to Kill a Witch: A Guide for the Patriarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid storytellers.' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'As well as highly entertaining read, \u003ci\u003eHow To Kill A Witch\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e of research, understanding and compassion.' PROFESSOR SUE BLACK, author of \u003ci\u003eAll That Remains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Fascinating, angering' \u003ci\u003eTHE MAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A work of real historical investigation and a fierce warning for our times.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMALCOLM GASKILL, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ruin Of All Witches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Tempers the justifiable rage with sharp and funny pinpricks to the pompous.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eVAL MCDERMID, author of \u003ci\u003ePast Lying\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, there was a very good chance that you, or someone you knew, would be tried as a witch. Witch hunts ripped through the country for over 150 years, with at least 4,000 accused, and with many women's fates sealed by a grizzly execution of strangulation, followed by burning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Inspired to correct this historic injustice, campaigners and writers Claire Mitchell, KC, and Zoe Venditozzi, have delved deeply into just why the trials exploded to such a degree. In order to understand why it happened, they have broken down the entire horrifying process, step-by-step, from identification of individuals, to their accusation, 'pricking', torture, confessions, execution and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With characteristically sharp wit and a sense of outrage, they attempt to inhabit the minds of the persecutors, often men, revealing the inner workings of exactly why the patriarchy went to such extraordinary lengths to silence women, and how this legally sanctioned victimisation proliferated in Scotland and around the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With testimony from a small army of experts, pen portraits of the women accused, trial transcripts, witness accounts and the documents that set the legal grounds for the hunts, \u003ci\u003eHow to Kill A Witch\u003c\/i\u003e builds to form a rich patchwork of tragic stories, helping us comprehend the underlying reasons for this terrible injustice, and raises the serious question - could it ever happen again?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"How to Kill a Witch: A Guide for the Patriarchy","offer_id":45405268377797,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-80096-190-6.jpg?v=1764202361","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-kill-a-witch-a-guide-for-the-patriarchy","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}