{"product_id":"witchcraft-a-history-in-thirteen-trials-9781668002438","title":"Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"thought-provoking and timely\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \"inventive and compelling\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, London) work of social history travels through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous--like the Salem witch trials--and some lesser-known: on Vard  island, Norway, in the 1620s, where an indigenous Sami woman was accused of murder; in France in 1731, during the country's last witch trial, where a young woman was pitted against her confessor and cult leader; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft was feared, then decriminalized, and then reimagined as gendered persecution, \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the intersections between gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, political conspiracy and individual resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Offering a striking, dramatic journey unspooling over centuries and across continents, \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"well-rounded insight into some of the strangest and cruelest moments in history\" (Buzz Magazine), giving voice to those who have been silenced by history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15878416\"\u003eMarion Gibson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668002438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668002434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS054000\"\u003eSocial History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS058000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-OCC\"\u003eBody, Mind \u0026amp; Spirit\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-OCC026000\"\u003eWitchcraft (See Also Religion | Wicca)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarion Gibson is Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at the University of Exeter, UK. She is the author of seven academic books on witches in history and literature: \u003ci\u003eReading Witchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePossession, Puritanism, and Print\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft Myths in American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eImagining the Pagan Past\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft: The Basics\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Jo Esra, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Demonology\u003c\/i\u003e. Marion has also edited five books for publishers such as Routledge and Ashgate, published around twenty chapters and articles, and she is General Editor of the series \u003ci\u003eElements in Magic\u003c\/i\u003e for Cambridge University Press. \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials \u003c\/i\u003eis her most recent work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48111553446125,"sku":"9781668002438","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_19aa9354-a249-4dd9-822c-01c8d93c6ee8.jpg?v=1747658950","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/witchcraft-a-history-in-thirteen-trials-9781668002438","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}