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- Title
Lancashire: a Land of Witches in Shakespeare's Time.
- Authors
Baratta, Luca
- Abstract
This article focuses on the connection between Shakespeare's Macbeth and the famous English witch trial which took place in Lancashire in 1612. The judicial proceeding was recorded by a clerk of the court, who went by the name of Thomas Potts, whose reportage of the events was inconsistent and unstable, as I attempt to point out. In so doing, I underline the reasons -- political, religious and opportunistic -- that possibly motivated his behaviour, highly criticisable by modern standards.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; TRIALS (Witchcraft); MACBETH (Play : Shakespeare); WITCHES in literature; SHAKESPEARE authorship question; CLERKS of court
- Publication
Journal of Early Modern Studies, 2013, Vol 2, p185
- ISSN
2279-7149
- Publication type
Article