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A carregar... Witch Hunt: History of a Persecutionpor Nigel Cawthorne
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When bigotry and power-mania take control, disaster always follows for subjugated persons - even when the power is wielded by the Church. Witchcraft was viewed as devil-worship. Between 1450 and 1750, one hundred thousand people were accused, subject to the most bestial tortures and usually executed. Witches examines the wildfire-spread of witch hunting across Europe and America, as well as its roots in misogyny and religious persecution. It includes: - Letters and trial testimonies from those charged with witchcraft, as well as some from self-proclaimed witches - Biographic detail of key witch hunters, such as Matthew Hopkins (the so-called Witchfinder General) who was responsible for hundreds of executions - Accounts of famous witch trials, from Chelmsford to Salam Nigel Cawthorne explores the real facts behind this persecution and the contexts that triggered it, tracing it back to its source. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The European experience is talked about for the majority of the piece. Perhaps Cawthorne's intent was to focus on this and assume his readers are well-informed of the Salem witch trials. That being said, I don't think this is an excuse to focus on Salem for less than five pages.
The accounts that readers might not know of are, at best, presented in a lackluster manner, as they are simply stated briefly before moving on to another instance of witch hunting. As a result, one walks away from this book able to recall only the most graphic of witch hunts across Europe.
The book could be redeemed as a great source for researchers; in other words, if you're looking for a starting point for your own project, this might be a good place to begin. Actually, I should say it would be a good starting point if Cawthorne cited a single source. All we are given is the "Recommended Reads" in the back of the book, which I assume is a piss-poor excuse for a bibliography. The laziness of not citing comes off as lack of professionalism on the writer's part and the reader is forced to take everything stated with a grain of salt.
This lack of professionalism continues to be advanced upon the reader by the grammatical and spelling mistakes running rampant throughout the text. In fact, there are very few pages (if any) that are free from error. It boggled my mind how so many mistakes in structure and verb tense could exist in this book that I was forced to check the front of the book and verify that it had an editor. Amazingly, it did.
If you're casually interested in finding out more about the witch hunting craze, this might be informative; however, be cautious going in that it will be repetitive and boring. If you're more than just casually interested in the subject, I would do a little more research and find something better. It shouldn't be too hard. ( )