John Stearne’s Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft

Name: John Stearne’s Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

John Stearnes Confirmation and Discovery of WitchcraftText, Context and Afterlife\nAuthor(s): Scott Eaton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367894047, 978-0367894047\nSynopsis\nBetween [tel], John Stearne led the most significant outbreak of witch-hunting in England. As accusations of witchcraft spread across East Anglia, Stearne and Matthew Hopkins were enlisted by villagers to identify and eradicate witches. After the trials finally subsided in 1648, Stearne wrote his only publication, A confirmation and discovery of witchcraft, but it had a limited readership. Consequently, Stearne and his work fell into obscurity until the 1800s, and were greatly overshadowed by Hopkins and his text. \n\nThis book is the first study which analyses Stearnes publication and contextualises his ideas within early modern intellectual cultures of religion, demonology, gender, science, and print in order to better understand the witc.