Witch Trials in Jersey and Guernsey - Paperback

by Tony Bellows (Author)

A critical survey of the witch trials in the Channel Islands, and how they have been treated by historians from J.L. Pitts, G.R. Balleine and Cary-Curtis to the present day. There are also notes on the Jersey Laws pertaining to witchcraft, and a list of the witch trials in both Islands, as well as details of the social background at the start and end of the burning times. This edition has been expanded and includes an index. Includes extracts from witch trials in Guernsey, and a timeline of trials in Jersey and Guernsey, and an extract from the Mirror of Justice, a key text in customary law.