Witchcraft & Folk Magic
PUBLIC DOMAINThe Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
- Original publication
- 1613
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 221
- File size
- 532.4 KB
Potts records the Pendle witch trials in official Jacobean prose, transforming accusations, examinations and executions into one of England’s darkest judicial chronicles.
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Published in 1613, Thomas Potts’s official account documents the Lancashire witch trials associated with Pendle Hill. It records examinations, alleged curses, family rivalries, confessions and executions under a legal system already convinced that demonic conspiracy was possible. The narrative helped establish the public memory of the Pendle witches while reflecting the prosecution’s viewpoint. Its formal pages remain deeply unsettling: administrative language moves steadily forward while lives disappear behind accusations of powers no court could truly measure.
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Jacobean England and the Pendle trials
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