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Aug 14, 2024 · Matthew Hopkins shown full-length in a hat, cloak and staff with two witches seated in chairs in a room calling their animal familiars, including a rabbit, dogs, etc. each identified by a name. Description. Title etched at top of image. 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 13.3 cm, on sheet 28 x 23 cm. Provenance.
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Matthew Hopkins witch finder generall. My Imps names are 1. Ilemauzar, 2. Pyewackett, 3. Pecke in the Crowne, 4. Griezzell Greedigutt, Holt, Jarmara, Sacke & Sugar, Newes, Vinegar tom. Work Type: rare books. illustrations (layout features) Subject: Witchcraft--England. London (England)--Imprints. Hopkins, Matthew, -1647. R. Royston, bookseller.
abstract. Matthew Hopkins took a leading role in finding and prosecuting witches during the East Anglia trials of the 1640s. Hopkins’s methods and demonology, and the witch-hunt itself, have been described as an aberration in English witch prosecution, due to Hopkins’s use of “continental” demonology and extreme measures.
Apr 19, 2016 · matthew hopkins witch finder general Hopkins was a witch-finder who wrote The Discovery of Witches and used professional means of interrogation, such as the ducking suspects under water to see if...
May 10, 2020 · Matthew Hopkins Witch Finder Generall Description English: Matthew Hopkins stands in the middle of a room with two old women sitting either side of him and five animals identified as their familiars; inlaid impression; copy after a contemporary woodcut.
May 8, 2020 · Matthew Hopkins Witch Finder Generall Description English: Frontispiece to a tract entitled "The Discovery of Witches" illustrating a passage on pp. 2-3; Matthew Hopkins stands in the middle of a room with two old women sitting either side of him and five animals identified as their familiars. 1647
May 5, 2017 · Matthew Hopkins was born in Wenham Magna, Suffolk, England. He was a Folk Figure, becoming England’s notorious “Witchfinder General,” active during the English Civil War. He was said to have exploited the fear and unrest of the times for his personal gain.
