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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 ).
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...
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.
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 ...
30 de may. de 2020 · ABSTRACT. Between 1645-7, John Stearne led the most significant outbreak of witch-hunting in England. As accusations of witchcraft spread across East Anglia, Stearne and Matthew Hopkins were enlisted by villagers to identify and eradicate witches.
- Scott Eaton
- New York
- 2020
1 de feb. de 2008 · The publication in 1967 of Hugh Trevor-Roper's essay on the European witch-craze marked a watershed in modern scholarship. 1 His treatment of early modern witchcraft trials as the brainchild of learned demonologists banished the earlier twentieth-century idea that real witches had been targeted, either justly as a dangerous satanic sect or unjus...
Abstract. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003019008 Between 1645-7, John Stearne led the most significant outbreak of witch-hunting in England. As accusations of witchcraft spread across East...
