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Author Hollman, Gemma, author.

Title Royal witches : witchcraft and the nobility in fifteenth-century England / Gemma Hollman.

Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
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Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  942.0409 HOL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  920 HOLLMAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  942.04 HOL    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  942.0409 HOL    Check Shelf
Edition First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description 320 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical reference (pages 283-314) and index.
Contents Magic in the late medieval period -- Joan of Navarre. Duchess of Brittany ; Our most dear mother ; In the most evil and terrible manner imaginable -- Eleanor Cobham. A very noble lady ; From mistress to princess ; The Duchess and the Witch of Eye ; Alle women may beware by me -- Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Elizabeth Woodville. Lively, beautiful and gracious ; From woods to rivers ; A common noise of witchcraft ; The mother, the queen and the mistress ; A royal coven of witches.
Summary This story of four royal women, their lives intertwined by family and bound by persecution, unravels the history of witchcraft in fifteenth-century England.
Subject Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, 1528-1572.
Eleanor, of Gloucester, Duchess, 1391-1447.
Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, 1416?-1472.
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492.
Witches -- Great Britain -- History.
Witch hunting -- Great Britain -- History.
Queens -- Great Britain -- History.
Eleanor, of Gloucester, Duchess, 1391-1447. (OCoLC)fst00102896
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492. (OCoLC)fst01728657
Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, 1416?-1472. (OCoLC)fst01567961
Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, 1528-1572. (OCoLC)fst00148435
Queens. (OCoLC)fst01085637
Witch hunting. (OCoLC)fst01747420
Witches. (OCoLC)fst01176346
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781643133324 (hardcover)
1643133322 (hardcover)
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