The Devil In Britain And America: The Devil In Britain And America (The Library Of Occult Knowledge)

Universal Belief in the Personality of the Devil, as portrayed by the British Artist--Arguments in Favour of his Personality--Ballad--'Terrible and Seasonable Warning to Young Men''Strange and True News from Westmoreland'--'The Politic Wife'--'How the Devill, though subtle, was guld by a Scold'--'The Devil's Oak'--Raising the Devil--Arguments in Favour of Devils--The Number of Devils'The Just Devil of Woodstock'--Metrical Version--Presumed Genuine History of 'The Just Devil of Woodstock' 'The D?mon of Tedworth''The D?mon of Burton'--'Strange and Wonderful News from Yowel, in Surrey'--The Story of Mrs. Jermin--A Case at Welton--'The Relation of James Sherring'A Demon in Gilbert Campbell's Family--Case of Sir William York--Case of Ian Smagge--Disturbances at StockwellPossession by, and casting out, Devils--The Church and Exorcisms--Earlier Exorcists--'The Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil of 7 Persons in Lancashire'James I. on Possession--The Vexation of Alexander Nyndge--'Wonderful News from Buckinghamshire'--Sale of a DevilThe Witch of Endor--The 'Mulier Malefica' of Berkeley--Northern Witches The Legal Witch--James I. on Witches--Reginald Scot on Witches--Addison on WitchesHow a Witch was made--Her Compact with the Devil--Hell Broth--Homage and Feasting--The Witches' SabbatFamiliar Spirits--Matthew Hopkins, the 'Witch-finder'--Prince Rupert's dog Boy--Unguents used for transporting Witches from Place to Place--Their Festivities at the SabbatWaxen Figures--Witches change into Animals--Witch Marks--Testimony against Witches--Tests for, and Examination of, WitchesLegislation against Witches--Punishment--Last Executions for Witchcraft--Inability to weep and sink--Modern Cases of WitchcraftCommencement of Witchcraft in England--Dame Eleanor Cobham--Jane Shore--Lord Huntingford--Cases from the Calendars of State Papers--Earliest Printed Case, that of John Walsh--Elizabeth Stile--Three Witches tried at Chelmsford--Witches of St. Osyth--Witches of Warboys--Witches of NorthamptonshireThe Lancashire Witches--Janet Preston--Margaret and Philip Flower--Anne Baker, Joane Willimot, and Ellen Greene--Elizabeth Sawyer--Mary Smith--Joan Williford, Joan Cariden, and Jane HottConfessions of Witches executed in Essex--The Witches of Huntingdon--'Wonderful News from the North'--Trial of Six Witches at Maidstone--Trial of Four Witches at Worcester--A Lancashire Witch tried at Worcester--A Tewkesbury WitchA Case of Vomiting Stones, etc., at Evesham--Anne Bodenham--Julian Cox--Elizabeth Styles--Rose Cullender and Amy DunyThe Case of Mary Hill of Beckington--The Confession of Alice Huson--Florence Newton of Youghal--Temperance Lloyd (or Floyd), Mary Trembles, and Susannah EdwardsElizabeth Horner--Pardons for Witchcraft--A Witch taken in London--Sarah Mordike--An Impostor convicted--Case of Jane Wenham--The Last Witch hanged in EnglandScotch Witches--Bessie Dunlop--Alesoun Peirson--Dr. John Fian--The Devil a Preacher--Examination of Agnes Sampson--Confession of Issobel GowdieEarly Witchcraft in Scotland--Lady Glamys--Bessie Dunlop--Lady Foulis--Numerous CasesWitchcraft in America--In Illinois: Moreau and Emmanuel--In Virginia: Case of Grace Sherwood--In Pennsylvania: Two Swedish Women--In South Carolina--In Connecticut: Many Cases--In Massachusetts: Margaret Jones; Mary Parsons; Ann Hibbins; Other CasesCotton and Increase Mather--The Case of Goodwin's Daughter--That of Mr. Philip Smith--The Story of the Salem Witchcrafts--List of Victims--Release of Suspects--Reversal of Attainder, and Compensation

• | Author: John Ashton
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 234 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 153935038X
• | ISBN-13: 9781539350385