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In 1604, TWENTY-YEAR OLD ANNE GUNTER claimed I to be bewitched: she foamed at the mouth, vomited pins and went into trances. Somewhat suspiciously, one of the women accused of bewitching her was related to the two men murdered by Anne's father during a football match. They were tried for witchcraft and acquitted. But then Anne Gunter's father appealed directly to James I, who took a close interest in witches. The case was investigated by the Star Chamber - with over 50 witnesses - and all was revealed. Here is a true crime story, investigated properly for the first time 400 years later. [via]
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In 1604, 20-year-old Anne Gunter was bewitched: she foamed at the mouth, contorted wildly in her bedchamber, went into trances. Her garters and bodices were perpetually unlacing themselves. Her signature symptom was to vomit pins and "she voided some pins downwards as well by her water or otherwise.." Popular history at its best, "The Bewitching of Anne Gunter" opens a fascinating window onto the past. It's a tale of controlling fathers, willful daughters, nosy neighbors, power relations between peasants and gentry, and village life in early-modern Europe. Above all it's an original and revealing story of one young woman's experience with the greatly misunderstood phenomenon of witchcraft. James Sharpe is Professor of History at York University and the author of "Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in" "Early Modern History" and other works of social history.
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