The Lancashire Witches

The Lancashire Witches
Author: Robert Poole
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719062049

A study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial, which took place in 1612 when ten witches from the forest of Pendle were hanged at Lancaster. A little-known second trial occured in 1633-4, when up to nineteen witches were sentenced to death.

The Witches of Lancashire

The Witches of Lancashire
Author: Richard Brome
Publisher: Theatre Arts Books
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2003
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

In this ribald comedy, first performed at The Globe in 1634, everything is going wrong at a wedding, and everyone in attendance is eager to believe a local coven is to blame.

Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster

Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster
Author: Thomas Potts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1845
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

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The Lancashire Witch Craze

The Lancashire Witch Craze
Author: Jonathan Lumby
Publisher: Carnegie Pub.
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

This bestseller presents a remarkable series of new insights into the Lancashire Witch Craze. By placing the events in their wider European context, it explains far more satisfactorily than ever before exactly why these disturbing events occurred.

1612

1612
Author: Christine Goodier
Publisher: Carnegie Pub.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781874181774

This fascinating little book is a great introduction to the story of the Pendle witch trials of 1612.

Pendle Witches

Pendle Witches
Author: Walter Bennett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1993-12-01
Genre: Lancashire (England)
ISBN: 9781871236279

The Lure of the Lancashire Witches

The Lure of the Lancashire Witches
Author: Jennie Lee Cobban
Publisher: Carnegie Pub.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Witchcraft
ISBN: 9781874181798

This title is a very lively, rich, well researched and informative history which looks behind the enduring appeal of the Lancashire witches. It provides fascinating new insights into changing attitudes towards witches.

The Witches of Pendle

The Witches of Pendle
Author: Rowena Akinyemi
Publisher: Oxford University
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2000
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780194229579

Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it . . . and a few weeks later you are dead.Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family. . .

Wicked Enchantments

Wicked Enchantments
Author: Joyce Froome
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Pendle (England)
ISBN: 9781874181620

The Pendle witchcraft case is a compelling human story, and also provides a dramatic insight into the importance of magic in the lives of our ancestors.