{"product_id":"9781398545144","title":"Witchland","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Terrifying, compulsive, wonderful' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mail, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An immensely knowledgeable and engaging guide' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A remarkable feat of scholarship and empathy' \u003cb\u003eShelley Puhak, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Blood Countess\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Astounding . . . a tour-de-force of archival research' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'As close to an eye-witness view of [British witch trials] as we are likely to get' \u003cb\u003eRonald Hutton\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eauthor of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Witch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf the witchfinders came to your town, who would you have believed - and what would you have done?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1640s, Britain was swept up in a brutal witch hunt. The economic uncertainty and religious extremism fuelled by the English Civil War created a climate of fear. Neighbours turned on each other. Women and the poor were especially vulnerable, scapegoated by the powerful looking for someone to blame. In the resulting hysteria - which would, just a few decades later, provide a handbook for the Salem trials - hundreds of innocent people were killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from village to village in Scotland and England, Professor Marion Gibson reveals how accusations grew out of everyday tensions - poverty, grief, and resentment - and how entire communities took part in persecuting the vulnerable. Drawing on newly uncovered historical records, this gripping account restores the voices of those accused of witchcraft. Vivid and intimate, \u003ci\u003eWitchland\u003c\/i\u003e shows that these were ordinary people with extraordinary stories, largely forgotten by history, caught up in suspicion and moral panic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitchland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a captivating story of fanaticism, inequality and the violence that surfaces during times of political upheaval.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gibson, Marion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54512988324167,"sku":"9781398545144","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/6675\/5143\/files\/9781398545144.jpg?v=1785846601","url":"https:\/\/borderlessbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/9781398545144","provider":"Borderless Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}