The novel was inspired by witch hunts that took place in East Anglia, England, in the 1640s, where Meyer, who was born in Canada, now lives. ... The Book Review Podcast: ...

For years, feminist scholars have argued that witch hunts were inspired by a reactionary, misogynistic church. But new scholarship, like Lyndal Roper's "Witch Craze," reveals that the real ...

Read Top 7 Famous Books About Witch-Hunts The Discoverie of Witches: The book was published in 1584 by Reginald Scot. The Daylight Gate: It is written by Jeanette Winterson.

Arresting a witch, by Howard Pyle (1853–1911). (New York Public Library) The tale does, though, have similarities to many stories of witch hunts in Salem and elsewhere.

A “witch hunt” is a political term ... But shortly after the Church authorized witch hunting officially, a book was published that became extremely popular among legal experts—an 1487 ...

New Historical Fiction: Witch Hunts, Wartime and Mysterious Murders This trio of novels ushers readers into three different but equally mesmerizing long-ago worlds. Share full article ...

Witch hunts can erupt suddenly, as during the COVID-19 pandemic, when terrified people searched for scapegoats. ... Her book on witch hunts will be published by Llewellyn in 2024.

“It was a witch hunt. Villagers lit their torches,” recalls the novelist and bookseller Ann Patchett, whose Nashville home Cummins stayed in after her publisher told her the tour was over. The ...