{"product_id":"narratives-of-sorcery-and-magic-from-the-most-authentic-sources-paperback-9781108044196","title":"Narratives of Sorcery and Magic; From the Most Authentic Sources (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044196","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNarratives of Sorcery and Magic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Most Authentic Sources\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomas Wright's interest in folklore and legend led to this two-volume 1851 account of sorcery and magic across Europe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Wright (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044196, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2 x 14 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe English historian and antiquary Thomas Wright (1810–70) co-founded and joined a number of antiquarian and literary societies. He was greatly interested in Old English, Middle English and Anglo-Norman texts, and in the 1840s and 1850s he published widely within these areas. Gradually his focus shifted to the archaeology of Roman Britain and to Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. Although much of Wright's research has been completely superseded, his work is still considered worth consulting, as he collected material not readily available elsewhere. This two-volume 1851 publication is testimony to Wright's interest in folklore, sorcery and legend. In Volume 2, he maintains a broad perspective while surveying instances of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. Wright writes about such famous cases as the Earl of Somerset, the Ursuline nuns of Loudun, and the Mohra witches in Sweden, to whom the Devil appeared with a red beard and a high-crowned hat.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e18. Adventures of Doctor Torralva\u003cbr\u003e 19. Trial of the Earl and Countess of Somerset\u003cbr\u003e 20. La maréchale d'Ancre\u003cbr\u003e 21. Louis Gaufridi\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Ursulines of Loudun\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Lancashire witches\u003cbr\u003e 24. Witchcraft in England during the earlier part of the seventeenth century\u003cbr\u003e 25. Witchcraft under the Commonwealth. Matthew Hopkins the Witch-finder\u003cbr\u003e 26. Witchcraft in Germany, in the earlier part of the seventeenth-century\u003cbr\u003e 27. The witches of Scotland under King James after his accession to the English throne\u003cbr\u003e 28. Confessions of Isobel Gowdie\u003cbr\u003e 29. The witches of Mohra in Sweden\u003cbr\u003e 30. Sir Matthew Hale and Chief Justice Holt\u003cbr\u003e 31. The doings of Satan in New England\u003cbr\u003e 32. Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266075152664,"sku":"9781108044196","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044196i_7f91f85f-cb55-4ade-80f6-edca3a57383b.jpg?v=1696746633","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/narratives-of-sorcery-and-magic-from-the-most-authentic-sources-paperback-9781108044196","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}