This article focuses on the connection between Shakespeare's Macbeth and the famous English witch trial which took place in Lancashire in 1612. The judicial proceeding was recorded by a clerk of the court, who went by the name of Thomas Potts, whose reportage of the events was inconsistent and unstable, as I attempt to point out. In so doing, I underline the reasons – political, religious and opportunistic – that possibly motivated his behaviour, highly criticisable by modern standards.
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Titolo: | Lancashire: a Land of Witches in Shakespeare’s Time |
Autori: | Baratta, Luca |
Numero degli autori: | 1 |
Lingua: | Inglese |
Rivista: | JOURNAL OF EARLY MODERN STUDIES |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2013 |
Fascicolo: | 2 |
Pagina iniziale: | 185 |
Pagina finale: | 208 |
Numero di pagine: | 24 |
Revisione (peer review): | Esperti anonimi |
IF: | si |
Abstract: | This article focuses on the connection between Shakespeare's Macbeth and the famous English witch trial which took place in Lancashire in 1612. The judicial proceeding was recorded by a clerk of the court, who went by the name of Thomas Potts, whose reportage of the events was inconsistent and unstable, as I attempt to point out. In so doing, I underline the reasons – political, religious and opportunistic – that possibly motivated his behaviour, highly criticisable by modern standards. |
Data di presentazione: | 2021-04-07T23:03:52Z |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |
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