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John Stearne (c. 1610–1670) [1] was an associate of self-styled "Witchfinder General" Matthew Hopkins, who was active during the English Civil War. [2] . The duo's activities were heavily fictionalized in the 1968 horror film Witchfinder-General (U.S. title: The Conqueror Worm ).
John Stearne. Stearne (c. 1610–1670) was Matthew Hopkins’ associate but is often overlooked in favour of the dark foreboding figure of the ‘Witchfinder General’ – yet it was he who helped, more than any other, to put and sustain Hopkins onto his malign path.
1 de oct. de 2020 · John Stearne, A Confirmation and. Discovery of Witchcraft (1648) The book begins with an overview of the East Anglian witch-hunt and provides a brief introduction into relevant historiography for students or non-specialists.
4 de dic. de 2005 · Still in his early 20s, Hopkins allied himself with the like-minded John Stearne, of Lawshall, Suffolk, who was about a decade his senior. Stearne, visiting Manningtree on business, became...
9 de jul. de 2013 · In a remote corner of Essex, two obscure gentlemen, Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne, exploited the anxiety and lawlessness of the time and initiated a brutal campaign to drive out the presumed evil in their midst ...
26 de oct. de 2020 · New research has convincingly argued that John Stearne, long understood as Matthew Hopkins’ right-hand man, clearly played a central role in the investigation of accused witches and may actually have instigated the East Anglian trials.
31 de may. de 2020 · Routledge, May 31, 2020 - History - 216 pages. Between 1645-7, John Stearne led the most significant outbreak of witch-hunting in England. As accusations of witchcraft spread across East...
