Witchcraft in Salem Village - Couverture rigide

Fiske, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1340170221 ISBN 13 : 9781340170226

Editeur : Sagwan Press, 2015

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In the year 1670 the provincial parliament of Normandy condemned a dozen women, young and old, to be burned at the stake. Their crime was attendance upon theW itches Sabbath. An appeal was taken to the Crown, and Louis XIV Louis XIV. was persuaded to spare their lives on commutes 1the sencondition that they should leave the kingdom and tence of A 11 T1 deatl1 never return. A stonishment and indignation greeted imposed this exercise of royal clemency, and the provincial alleged parliament sent a petition to the king containing Wltc es a grave remonstrance :Y our parliament have thought it their duty on occasion of these crimes, the greatest which men can commit, to make you acquainted with the general and uniform feeling of the people of this province with regard to them ;it being moreover a question in which are concerned the glory of God and the relief of your suffering subjects, who groan under their fears from the threats and menaces of this sort of persons. .. .W ehumbly supplicate your Majesty to reflect once more upon the extraordinary results which proceed from the malevolence of these The parlia. people ;on the loss of goods and chattels, and the entof, rr Normandydeaths from unknown diseases, which are often protests the consequence of their menaces ;... all of which may easily be proved to your Majesty ssatisfaction by the records of various trials before your parliaments. It is pleasant to be able to add that Louis
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sagwan Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1340170221
• ISBN 13: 9781340170226
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 70