The Witch Hunts by Robert Thurston

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The Witch Hunts by Robert Thurston

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Between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries, the notorious witch hunts of Europe and America led to the execution of tens of thousands of people - the majority of whom were women. This work explores the events of the witch hunts and the social and psychological factors which caused them. It takes a historical view of the witch persecutions.

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The Witch Hunts by Robert Thurston

Between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries, the notorious witch hunts of Europe and America led to the execution of tens of thousands of people - the majority of whom were women. This work explores the events of the witch hunts and the social and psychological factors which caused them. It takes a historical view of the witch persecutions.

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"comprehensive account of one of the most malign periods in Eureopean history" - Glasgow Herald

`Lively and readableIt is written in a style as personal and attractive as any I have encountered...It has just the right balance of magisterial detachment and personal insight.' 

Ronald Hutton, Universityof Bristol 

6 page feature article on book in History Today, November 2006

Robert Thurston is Professor of History at the Universityof Miami.

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ISBN 13 9781405840835
ISBN 10 1405840838
Title The Witch Hunts
Author Robert Thurston
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2006-12-18
Number of pages 368
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