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" Nobility and Witchcraft in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century England "
Frye, Lincoln
Pipkin, Amanda
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1114119
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TLpq2403114481
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Frye, Lincoln
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Pipkin, Amanda
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Nobility and Witchcraft in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century England\ Frye, LincolnPipkin, Amanda
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The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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2020
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2020
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M.A.
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118
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| Abstract
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Between 1419 and 1536, five English noble women, including three queen consorts, stood accused of witchcraft: Joan of Navarre, queen of Henry IV; Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester; Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford and Countess Rivers; Elizabeth Woodville, queen of Edward IV; and Anne Boleyn, queen of Henry VIII. These cases are surprising for several reasons. First, that these elite women would face persecution for the crime of malevolent sorcery, for which the majority of cases came from lower classes. Secondly, that these instances occurred nearly a century before witch-hunting reached its peak in England.
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English history
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English witch-hunting
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European history
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Witchcraft
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Women's history
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