The Trial of the Pendle Witches: Exorcising Witches in Neo-Historical Poetry
The trial of the Pendle Witches in 1612 made history, as Poet Laureate Simon Armitage showed in his 2012 documentary, “The Pendle Witch Child“, which focussed on Jennet Device, the 9-year-old whose accusations led to 10—her own mother included—being hanged. Neighbourly jealousy, the stigma of povert...
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Études britanniques contemporaines
2025
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