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Ntific advances that explained away magic But for two hundred years thousands participated in one of history s most notorious persecutions Instruments of Darkness is a fascinating case study that deepens our understanding of this age old cultural phenomenon of Darkness Witchcraft in Early PDF and sheds new light on one society in which it occurred This is a humane and learned book which will be essential reading for everyone with a serious interest in this fascinating topic Robin Briggs author of Communities of Belief Cultural and Social Tensions in Early Modern France James Sharpe is senior lecturer in history at the University of York He is the author of Crime in Early Modern England and Early Modern England A Social History.
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Instruments of Darkness Witchcraft in Early Modern EnglandUst among fearful people Instruments of Darkness takes readers back to a time when witchcraft was accepted as reality at all levels of society James Sharpe draws on legal records and other sources to reveal the interplay between witchcraft beliefs in different partts in the social hierarchy Along the way he offers disturbing accounts of witch hunts such as the East Anglian trials of that sentthan people to the gallows He tells how poor elderly women were most often accused of witchcraft and challenges feminist claims that witch hunts represented male persecution by showing that many accusers were themselves women Prosecution of witches gradually declined with increasing skepticism among jurists new religious attitudes and scie.