Marks of an absolute witch : evidentiary dilemmas in early modern England / Orna Alyagon Darr.

  • Darr, Orna Alyagon.
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[2011], ©2011
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Union Road, Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Pub., [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

viii, 326 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm

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Contents

Pre-trial procedure -- Trial procedure -- Circumstantial evidence -- Ritual acts and artefacts of witchcraft -- The devil's mark -- Imps -- The swimming test -- Scratching -- Supernatural evidentiary techniques as experiments -- Judicial assessment of narratives and statements -- Searching for reliable testimony -- Confession.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-317) and indexes.

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    History of Medicine
    BVD.41.AA5-7
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  • 9780754669876
  • 0754669874