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Page 165
... England [ see John Dee ] . Yet the English Channel preserved Eng- land from the grosser manifestation of the delusion in the rest of Europe , and English witchcraft took on national characteristics . In England , there were no barbarous ...
... England [ see John Dee ] . Yet the English Channel preserved Eng- land from the grosser manifestation of the delusion in the rest of Europe , and English witchcraft took on national characteristics . In England , there were no barbarous ...
Page 169
... England . There were only some half - dozen executions for witchcraft during the reign of Charles I ; then witch trials increased during the Civil War , reaching the highest peak in England in 1645. About 30 pamphlets record the of England ...
... England . There were only some half - dozen executions for witchcraft during the reign of Charles I ; then witch trials increased during the Civil War , reaching the highest peak in England in 1645. About 30 pamphlets record the of England ...
Page 249
... England had changed since the Common- wealth , when Matthew Hopkins engineered his mass trials ; the last execution had taken place in 1684 , and the shock of Salem was influencing the English against witchcraft . But the delusion still ...
... England had changed since the Common- wealth , when Matthew Hopkins engineered his mass trials ; the last execution had taken place in 1684 , and the shock of Salem was influencing the English against witchcraft . But the delusion still ...
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