Fatal Feeds?: Plants, Livestock Losses and Witchcraft Accusations in Tudor and Stuart Britain

The emphasis of published works on the rise and decline of witchcraft in 16th and 17th century in Britain has been focused on the religious, social, judicial, medical and economic aspects of the problem. The reason underlying accusations of witchcraft is a misunderstanding of the effects of harmful...

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Vydáno v:	Folklore (London) Ročník 101; číslo 2; s. 131 - 142
Hlavní autor:	Hickey, Sally
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	London Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1990 D. S. Brewer Ltd Folklore Society Taylor & Francis Ltd
Témata:	17th century Alkaloids Allegations Animals Crops Economic factors Flowers & plants Folklore Grasses History Ingestion Livestock Livestock industry Livestock losses Losses Milk Miscommunication Oats Plants Poisoning Poisonous plants United Kingdom Witchcraft United Kingdom > UK England
ISSN:	0015-587X, 1469-8315
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Shrnutí:	The emphasis of published works on the rise and decline of witchcraft in 16th and 17th century in Britain has been focused on the religious, social, judicial, medical and economic aspects of the problem. The reason underlying accusations of witchcraft is a misunderstanding of the effects of harmful plants upon animals.
Bibliografie:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 14 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0015-587X 1469-8315
DOI:	10.1080/0015587X.1990.9715787