In 1604, 20 year old Anne Gunter claimed to be bewitched: she foamed at the mouth, vomited pins and went into trances. Somewhat suspiciously, the three women accused of bewitching her were related to the two men murdered by Anne's father during a rowdy football match. They were tried for witchcraft and acquitted. But then Anne Gunter's father appealed directly to James I, who took a close interest in witches. The case was re-opened and the ensuing Star Chamber trial - with over 50 witnesses - revealed all. Here is a true crime story, investigated properly for the first time 400 years later. It reveals much about what village life was like in early modern England, about neighbourly relations, folk beliefs and the greatly misunderstood phenomenon of English witchcraft.
- ISBN10 1861972318
- ISBN13 9781861972316
- Publish Date 30 October 2000 (first published 28 October 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 December 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Profile Books Ltd
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English