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Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
by Potts, Thomas, active 1612-1618
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- en
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Creators: active 1612-1618 Thomas Potts and James Crossley (1800-1883) [Editor] "Discovery of Witches" by Thomas Potts is an account published in 1613 of the Lancashire witch trials of 1612. Ordered by trial judges to document the proceedings, Potts created one of the best-recorded witch trials of the seventeenth century. Twenty men and women faced accusations of witchcraft, with eleven condemned to hang. The account reveals a legal system carefully shaping its own narrative, potentially manipulating records to advance careers and display judicial efficiency during a politically charged era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 60.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 1544