· “ Gaskill shows [witchfinder Matthew] Hopkins as a man of his time, a religious zealot who tapped into his neighbours’ deepest prejudices, and treats the entire episode as a cautionary tale about ideology run amok. ” —Maclean’s “ Malcolm Gaskill’s brilliant new study rewrites the history of the s witch craze. Founding his account on broad-ranging archival research, Gaskill has . “In Witchfinders, [Gaskill] presents a riveting account of the hunt for witches in East Anglia during the mids as civil war between King Charles I and Parliament was raging across England Gaskill recounts with graphic detail the accusations, the interrogations, and prurient searches for devil's marks--'secret nipples suckled by unseen imps' and the rest--the tortures and executions.”Cited by: · 'Witchfinders' Malcolm Gaskill's () account of the 17th century witchfindings, subsequent trials and executions initially instigated by self appointed and so-called 'Witchfinder General' Matthew Hopkins along with John Stearne/5(72).
Before joining the School of History, Malcolm Gaskill was Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Churchill College, Cambridge. Prior to that he was a lecturer at Keele University (), Queen's University, Belfast (), and Anglia Ruskin University (). Malcolm Gaskill is currently working on a book about witchcraft and heresy in s New England. Our full feature on Matthew Hopkins can be found in All About History issue 65, which can be purchased here. Our new issue - featuring Stalin, Frida Kahlo, and Caligula - goes on sale today. Subscribe or pick up a copy. In Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy (Harvard University Press, ), historian Malcolm Gaskill chronicles the largest single witch hunt in English history, which infected the East Anglia region from through the fall of
Witchfinders: Author: Malcolm Gaskill: Publisher: John Murray Press, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects. “In Witchfinders, [Gaskill] presents a riveting account of the hunt for witches in East Anglia during the mids as civil war between King Charles I and Parliament was raging across England Gaskill recounts with graphic detail the accusations, the interrogations, and prurient searches for devil's marks--'secret nipples suckled by unseen imps' and the rest--the tortures and executions.”. Malcolm Gaskill is the author of Witchfinders ( avg rating, ratings, 73 reviews, published ), Witchcraft ( avg rating, ratings, 55 re.
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