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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials Audiobook by Marion Gibson

600 min • 16 januari 2024
Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 695220 Title: Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials Author: Marion Gibson Narrator: Rose Akroyd Format: Unabridged Length: 10:00:00 Language: English Release date: 01-16-24 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Genres: History, Health & Wellness, World, Naturopathy & New Age Summary: A “thought-provoking and timely” (The Times, London) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history. This “inventive and compelling” (Times Literary Supplement) work of social history travels through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous—like the Salem witch trials—and some lesser-known: on Vardø island, Norway, in the 1620s, where an indigenous Sami woman was accused of murder; in France in 1731, during the country’s last witch trial, where a young woman was pitted against her confessor and cult leader; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft was feared, then decriminalized, and then reimagined as gendered persecution, Witchcraft takes on the intersections between gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, political conspiracy and individual resistance. Offering a striking, dramatic journey unspooling over centuries and across continents, Witchcraft is a “well-rounded insight into some of the strangest and cruelest moments in history” (Buzz Magazine), giving voice to those who have been silenced by history. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

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