Project Gutenberg 2010-03-05 Public domain in the USA. 422 Notestein, Wallace 1878 1969 12000128 A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, Meredith Bach, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718" by Wallace Notestein is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This detailed analysis explores the phenomenon of witchcraft in England during a significant period of English history, investigating societal beliefs, trials, and their implications across different social strata. The text aims to present a pure narrative of witch trials while also addressing the politics and public perceptions surrounding such events. The opening of the work introduces Notestein's methodology and scope, highlighting the necessity for a chronological exploration of significant witch trials and the pervasive misinformation that has surrounded the topic. The author aims to correct historical inaccuracies and provide a thorough examination of how witchcraft beliefs were intertwined with the social and political fabric of the time. Notestein shares his intentions to synthesize various sources, and notes the historical context starting from the rise of witchcraft legislation under Queen Elizabeth I, emphasizing an urgency to confront the complexities of legal and societal responses to witchcraft across the specified time frame. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Witchcraft -- England -- History BF Text Witchcraft Browsing: History - British Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1273168 1273151 2024-09-13T10:03:28.446587 2023-09-14T04:31:22.653039 text/html text/html 1228508 2010-03-05T09:30:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 385962 2010-03-05T09:30:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 477516 2024-09-13T10:03:52.477527 application/epub+zip 497099 2024-09-13T10:03:33.376560 application/epub+zip 497101 2024-09-13T10:03:30.760654 application/epub+zip 991444 2024-09-13T10:04:04.872449 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 840763 2024-09-13T10:03:49.623469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 840993 2022-09-14T12:14:26.254928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 878504 878378 2024-09-13T10:03:23.545642 2023-09-14T04:31:17.930977 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 878258 2010-03-05T09:30:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 328951 2010-03-05T09:30:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 878408 2010-03-05T09:30:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 328858 2010-03-05T09:30:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19973 2024-09-13T10:04:05.043392 application/rdf+xml 19924 2024-09-13T10:03:31.358561 image/jpeg 4402 2024-09-13T10:03:31.061596 image/jpeg 443127 2024-09-13T10:03:28.531679 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog