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Enemies of God: The Witch-hunt in Scotland
by Larner, Christina
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0701124245
- ISBN 13
- 9780701124243
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About This Item
London, Chatto and Windus, 1981, hardcover, xii-244 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Fair in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight and tightly bound, former library copy with libary bookplate and small paper square to front pastedown, front endpaper removed, foxing, stains and library stamp to textblock edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. Dr. Larner examines the phenomenon of witch-hunting in Scotland and throughout Europe between 1590 and 1700 when over one thousand people, mainly peasant women, were executed for witchcraft in Scotland alone. Illustrated with tables, charts, and three maps. Appended: Chronological Outline, Commissions, Notes, Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780701124243
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- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11377
- Title
- Enemies of God: The Witch-hunt in Scotland
- Author
- Larner, Christina
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0701124245
- ISBN 13
- 9780701124243
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Body, Mind & Spirit; Business & Economics; Criminal Law; Development; Economic Development; General; History; Law; Magick Studies; Scotland; Trials (Witchcraft);
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