Witch Trials

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Witch Trials is written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476694419 (ISBN 10) and 9781476694412 (ISBN 13).

This chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day. The text provides detailed information on actual hearings, torture, and death sentences for cases both famous and unknown. Primary sources--media, correspondence, adjudication--reveal the appalling injustices of government, church, and mobs toward the accused. Extensive appendices include a glossary, chronology of examples, and a list of legal proceedings, their locations, and outcomes.