Being Bewitched: A True Tale of Madness, Witchcraft, and Property Development Gone Wrong

In 1622, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Jennings fell strangely ill. After doctors' treatments proved useless, her family began to suspect the child had been bewitched, a suspicion that was confirmed when Elizabeth accused their neighbor Margaret Russell of witchcraft. In the events that followed,...

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1. Verfasser: Uszkalo, Kirsten C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: University Park, PA Penn State University Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Early Modern Studies 20
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Zusammenfassung:In 1622, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Jennings fell strangely ill. After doctors' treatments proved useless, her family began to suspect the child had been bewitched, a suspicion that was confirmed when Elizabeth accused their neighbor Margaret Russell of witchcraft. In the events that followed, witchcraft hysteria intertwines with family rivalries, property disputes, and a web of supernatural beliefs. Starting from a manuscript account of the bewitchment, Kirsten Uszkalo sets the story of Elizabeth Jennings against both the specific circumstances of the powerful Jennings family and the broader history of witchcraft in early modern England. Fitting together the intricate pieces of this complex puzzle, Uszkalo reveals a story that encompasses the iron grip of superstition, the struggle among professionalizing medical specialties, and London's lawless and unstoppable sprawl. In the picture that emerges, we see the young Elizabeth, pinned like a live butterfly at the dark center of a web of greed and corruption, sickness and lunacy
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (256 pages)
ISBN:9780271090986
DOI:10.1515/9780271090986

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