{"product_id":"witchcraft-a-history-in-thirteen-trials-9781668002438","title":"Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"thought-provoking and timely\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \"inventive and compelling\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, London) work of social history travels through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous--like the Salem witch trials--and some lesser-known: on Vard  island, Norway, in the 1620s, where an indigenous Sami woman was accused of murder; in France in 1731, during the country's last witch trial, where a young woman was pitted against her confessor and cult leader; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft was feared, then decriminalized, and then reimagined as gendered persecution, \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the intersections between gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, political conspiracy and individual resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Offering a striking, dramatic journey unspooling over centuries and across continents, \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"well-rounded insight into some of the strangest and cruelest moments in history\" (Buzz Magazine), giving voice to those who have been silenced by history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marion Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668002438","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44150981623853,"sku":"9781668002438","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_f5012bf1-b8ef-4c95-90d1-b9ab76856d68.jpg?v=1757340870","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/witchcraft-a-history-in-thirteen-trials-9781668002438","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}