Ruin of Witches
Author: Malcolm Gaskill
Format: Paperback
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n the mid 17th century, 100 miles west of Boston, Springfield‰Ûs fledgling community lived a fragile existence, under threat from illness, natural disaster and conflict. As local quarrels burst into violence, thought to be inflamed by heavenly or demonic forces, witchcraft became cited as a malevolent source. Through the lives of the town‰Ûs inhabitants Malcolm Gaskill shows how such thinking escalated into a fatal outcome and widespread witch-hunts.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages:
n the mid 17th century, 100 miles west of Boston, Springfield‰Ûs fledgling community lived a fragile existence, under threat from illness, natural disaster and conflict. As local quarrels burst into violence, thought to be inflamed by heavenly or demonic forces, witchcraft became cited as a malevolent source. Through the lives of the town‰Ûs inhabitants Malcolm Gaskill shows how such thinking escalated into a fatal outcome and widespread witch-hunts.
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Author: Malcolm Gaskill
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages:
n the mid 17th century, 100 miles west of Boston, Springfield‰Ûs fledgling community lived a fragile existence, under threat from illness, natural disaster and conflict. As local quarrels burst into violence, thought to be inflamed by heavenly or demonic forces, witchcraft became cited as a malevolent source. Through the lives of the town‰Ûs inhabitants Malcolm Gaskill shows how such thinking escalated into a fatal outcome and widespread witch-hunts.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages:
n the mid 17th century, 100 miles west of Boston, Springfield‰Ûs fledgling community lived a fragile existence, under threat from illness, natural disaster and conflict. As local quarrels burst into violence, thought to be inflamed by heavenly or demonic forces, witchcraft became cited as a malevolent source. Through the lives of the town‰Ûs inhabitants Malcolm Gaskill shows how such thinking escalated into a fatal outcome and widespread witch-hunts.
Ruin of Witches