Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England Marvels

Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England MarvelsThe stories of four royal women, their lives intertwined by family and bound by persecution, unravel the history of witchcraft in fifteenth century England. Until the mass hysteria of the seventeenth century, accusations of witchcraft in England were rare. However, four royal women, related in family and in court tiesJoan of Navarre, Eleanor Cobham, Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Elizabeth Woodvillewere accused of practicing witchcraft in order to kill

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