Royal witches : from Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville / Gemma Hollman.
2019
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Title
Royal witches : from Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville / Gemma Hollman.
Published
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2019.
Description
320 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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Summary
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 practising witchcraft in order to kill or influence the king. Some of these women may have turned to the dark arts, 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. In Royal Witches, Gemma Hollman explores the lives and the cases of these so-called witches. In a time when the line between science and magic was blurred, these trials offer a tantalising insight of how malicious magic would be used and cause such mass hysteria in centuries to come.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Magic in the Late Medieval period
Joan of Navarre: Duchess of Brittany ; Our most dear mother ; In the most evil and terrible manner imaginable
Eleanor Cobham: A very noble lady ; From mistress to princess ; The duchess and the Witch of Eye ; Alle women may beware by me
Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Elizabeth Woodville: Lively, beautiful and gracious ; From woods to rivers ; A common noise of witchcraft ; The mother, the queen and the mistress ; A royal coven of witches.
Joan of Navarre: Duchess of Brittany ; Our most dear mother ; In the most evil and terrible manner imaginable
Eleanor Cobham: A very noble lady ; From mistress to princess ; The duchess and the Witch of Eye ; Alle women may beware by me
Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Elizabeth Woodville: Lively, beautiful and gracious ; From woods to rivers ; A common noise of witchcraft ; The mother, the queen and the mistress ; A royal coven of witches.
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.