"This work explores the social foundation of evidence law in a specific historical social and cultural context - the debate concerning the proof of the crime of witchcraft in early modern England. In this period the question of how to prove the crime of witchcraft was the centre…
Pre-trial procedure -- Trial procedure -- Circumstantial evidence -- Ritual acts and artefacts of witchcraft -- The devil's mark -- Imps -- The swimming test -- Scratching -- Supernatural evidentiary techniques as experiments -- Judicial assessment of narratives and statements -…
Exploring the crime of witchcraft in early modern England, this book focuses on legal questions of proof. As a capital crime - yet one that was uniquely difficult to prove - witchcraft investigations and trials offer a fascinating lens through which to observe social and judicia…
"This work explores the social foundation of evidence law in a specific historical social and cultural context - the debate concerning the proof of the crime of witchcraft in early modern England. In this period the question of how to prove the crime of witchcraft was the centre…
Exploring the crime of witchcraft in early modern England, this book focuses on legal questions of proof. As a capital crime - yet one that was uniquely difficult to prove - witchcraft investigations and trials offer a fascinating lens through which to observe social and judicia…
The period of the witch trials
by Clark, Stuart, Ankarloo, Bengt, Monter, William
fromWitchcraft and Magic in Europe
The period of the witch trials
by Clark, Stuart, Ankarloo, Bengt, Monter, William
fromWitchcraft and Magic in Europe
