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Witch Trials,
Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 7 books in this booklist
£20.00 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781915068217 | ISBN 10: 1915068215
‘Gardening, taken up as a hobby when all the laborious work can be done by a man, is delightful, but as a life’s work for a woman, it is almost an impossible thing.’ Sir Joseph Hooker, 1817-1911. While working as Head of Libraries and Exhi ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529034066 | ISBN 10: 152903406x
"What remains of the witch hunts? A stubborn misogyny, which still tints the way our societies look at single women, childless women, aging women, or quite simply, free women... Today more than ever, witches tell us about our world and lead the way." ... more
View book details£20.00 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398508507 | ISBN 10: 1398508500
Witchfinder General, Salem, Malleus Maleficarum. The world of witch-hunts and witch trials sounds archaic and fanciful, these terms relics of an unenlightened, brutal age. However, we often hear ‘witch-hunt’ in today’s media, and the misogyny t ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780241532539 | ISBN 10: 0241532531
A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages through the Euro ... more
View book details£19.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781441114266 | ISBN 10: 1441114262
In July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East End factory and into the history books. Louise Raw gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women ... more
View book details£25.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780292723535 | ISBN 10: 0292723539
Living in 2300 BCE, Sumerian high priestess Enheduanna became the first author of historical record by signing her name to a collection of hymns written for forty-two temples throughout the southern half of ancient Mesopotamia, the civilization now k ... more
View book details£11.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781934389201 | ISBN 10: 193438920x
There's a Black Woman on each of the seven continents, in almost every country. So no matter where you go, she's already been there. Her presence is everywhere. Black Women for Beginners chronicles the trials and triumphs of Black Women from an ... more
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