Walter Bennett
Autor de The Pendle Witches
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Walter Bennett is a lawyer and writer living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is former director of the Intergenerational Legal Ethics Program at the University of North Carolina Law School and has served as a trial court judge and trial lawyer in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has published in mostrar más the areas of legal ethics, juvenile law, human rights, and constitutional law mostrar menos
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- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 29
- Popularidad
- #460,290
- Valoración
- 3.5
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- 1
- ISBNs
- 8
At about thirty pages long, it is certainly not taxing on ones time to give this a try. The book quickly and efficiently synthesis the events of the Pendle Witch Trials and makes a concerted effort to distinguish between what is said and what is likely true about those fateful events. I found this part of the book more interesting than the actual events. It is quite clear that most of the witch trials were based on trumped-up charges, however this was so clearly the case at hand that you wonder about the sociological and judicial mind-set of the time.
Regardless, the amount of information makes this tiny book surprisingly dense. If you are interested in the time then you may enjoy Pendle Witches.… (más)