The Witches of Lorraine
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Is It a Good Enough Case to Carry on With?
Witness statements are in some way confessions, because they're telling of the wrongs that they have done. And i'm also struck by two things: clearly the accused isn't wealthy at all. There's much here about poverty and being owed money and not having help. The sort of witchcraft story is one of reading power into the presence of those who have none. Well, yes, the power tha gives them is a compensation for their latterit in real life, you might say. Then frances herself is interrogated, and that's how we get so many of the details. So she's racked severely. It's not clear whether it was the same day or later date, because the document
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