Bewitching of Anne Gunter A Horrible and True Story of Deception, Witchcraft, Murder, and the King of England

Name: Bewitching of Anne Gunter A Horrible and True Story of Deception, Witchcraft, Murder, and the King of England
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ISBN: 9780415926928

ISBN-10: 0415926920

ISBN-13: 9780415926928

Edition: 2000 (Reprint)

Authors: James Sharpe

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In 1604, 20-year-old Anne Gunter was bewitched: she foamed at the mouth, contorted wildly in her bedchamber, went into trances. Her garters and bodices were perpetually unlacing themselves. Her signature symptom was to vomit pins and "she voided some pins downwards as well by her water or otherwise.". Popular history at its best,The Bewitching of Anne Gunteropens a fascinating window onto the past. It's a tale of controlling fathers, willful daughters, nosy neighbors, power relations between peasants and gentry, and village life in early-modern Europe. Above all it's an original and revealing story of one young woman's experience with the greatly misunderstood phenomenon of witchcraft.James…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/28/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Anne's Story



Some Unexpected Consequences of a Football Match



Many Strange Tortures



Witchcraft



The Oxford Connection



The Witch-trial at Abingdon



Demonic Possession and the Politics of Exorcism



Anne Meets the King



Loose Ends, Tied and Untied


Notes and References


Index