Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England
Gemma Hollman, "Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England"
English | ISBN: 1643137700 | 2021 | 320 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
English | ISBN: 1643137700 | 2021 | 320 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
The 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 ties—Joan of Navarre, Eleanor Cobham, Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Elizabeth Woodville—were accused of practicing witchcraft in order to kill or influence the king.
Some of these women may have turned to the “dark arts” in order to divine the future or obtain healing potions, but the purpose of the accusations was purely political. Despite their status, these women were vulnerable because of their gender, as the men around them moved them like pawns for political gains.
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