by Nigel Cawthorne · Capella · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781841932231
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«Witches: History of a Persecution» is Nigel Cawthorne's historical essay, published by Capella in paperback (146 pages, in English).
The essay traces the wave of persecution that spread across Europe and colonial America between 1450 and 1750, fuelled by religious panic. Using court records, confessions, letters and contemporary chronicles, Nigel Cawthorne presents documented cases and portrays a society dominated by belief in witches.
The work was originally published in 2003 as «Witch Hunt: History of a Persecution»; the Capella edition appeared in 2004.
For readers of history and religion interested in the persecution of witches and the mentality of the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Nigel Cawthorne is a British freelance writer and editor of both fiction and non-fiction. He is also a journalist and specializes in writing about history.
