{"product_id":"witchcraft-a-history-in-thirteen-trials-1","title":"Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials","description":"'These stories of witchcraft, \u003cb\u003etrue and vividly told\u003c\/b\u003e, demonstrate the potent reality of belief in evil and how in any era or place fear can be weaponised and marginal people, mostly women, labelled as wicked and dangerous. Together they comprise \u003cb\u003enot just a history of witchcraft but a cautionary tale\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Gaskill, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ruin of All Witches\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Thought-provoking and timely... Searing'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJessie Childs, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft,\u003c\/i\u003e  Professor Marion Gibson uses thirteen significant trials to tell the\u003cb\u003e global history\u003c\/b\u003e of witchcraft and witch-hunts. As well as exploring the origins of witch-hunts through some of the \u003cb\u003emost famous trials\u003c\/b\u003e from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, it takes us in new and surprising directions.\u003cb\u003eThree women were prosecuted under a version of the 1735 Witchcraft Act as recently as 2018.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Professor Gibson also tells\u003cb\u003e the stories of the 'witches\u003c\/b\u003e' - mostly women like Helena Scheuberin, Anny Sampson and Joan Wright, \u003cb\u003ewhose stories have too often been overshadowed by those of the powerful men, such as King James I and 'Witchfinder General' Matthew Hopkins, who hounded them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Once a tool invented by demonologists to hurt and silence their enemies, witch trials have been twisted and transformed over the course of history and the lines between witch and witch-hunter blurred. \u003cb\u003eFor the fortunate, a witch-hunt is just a metaphor, but, as this book makes clear, witches are truly still on trial.  \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44011316838597,"sku":"","price":29.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Witchcraft_a9346371-1e90-41ec-8e46-40d67421cb15.jpg?v=1724706456","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/witchcraft-a-history-in-thirteen-trials-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}