Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire 02.44 - The Witchfinder General
Old grudges and fears come to the fore in Essex, as word spreads that witch-finders roam.
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This episode primarily makes use of the following texts:
- Gaskill, Malcolm, Witchfinders: A Seventeenth Century English Tragedy, (2005)
- Levack, Brian, ‘State-Building and Witch-Hunting’, in Oldridge, Darren (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader, 2002
- Purkiss, DIane, The English Civil War: A People's History, (2007)
- Jackson, Louise, ‘Witches, Wives and Mothers: Witchcraft Persecution and Women’s Confessions in Seventeenth-Century England’, in Oldridge, Darren (ed.), The Witchcraft Reader, 2002
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