Between the Devil and the Host Imagining Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland |
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| Author:
| Ostling, Michael |
| Series title: | The Past and Present Book Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-958790-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $160.00 |
Book Description:
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For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how ordinary peasant-women got caught in webs of suspicion and accusation, finally confessing under torture to the most heinous of crimes.
For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how ordinary peasant-women got caught in webs of suspicion and accusation, finally confessing under torture to the most heinous of crimes.