Autore
Baratta, Luca

Titolo
Lancashire: a Land of Witches in Shakespeare's Time
Periodico
Journal of early modern studies
Anno: 2013 - Volume: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 185 - Pagina finale: 208

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.



SICI: 2279-7149(2013)2<185:LALOWI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Testo completo: http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-jems/article/download/12635/11831

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