[Public Domain Review] The Lancashire Witches 1612-2012

Wed Aug 22 15:30:02 UTC 2012

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  THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES 1612-2012

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Not long after ten Lancashire residents were found guilty of witchcraft 
and hung in August 1612, the official proceedings of the trial were 
published by the clerk of the court Thomas Potts in his /The Wonderfull 
Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster/. Four hundred years 
on, Robert Poole reflects on England’s biggest witch trial and how it 
still has relevance today.*

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