Dame Alice Kyteler the Sorceress of Kilkenny A.D. 1324 (Folklore History Series)

John Drelincourt Seymour

Description

The witchcraft case of Dame Alice Kyteler is famous in Ireland for the incredible story of her capture and escape. This book uses manuscripts from the archives of the British museum to bring this amazing story back to life. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Ireland
• History
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 16 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781447490340
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Dame Alice Kyteler
The Sorceress of Kilkenny
A. D. 1324
By
John Drelincourt Seymour
Copyright 2011 Read Books Ltd.
This book is copyright and may not be
reproduced or copied in any way without
the express permission of the publisher in writing
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Contents
Dame Alice Kyteler, the Sorceress of Kilkenny
A.D . 1324
D AME A LICE K YTELER, THE S ORCERESS OF K ILKENNY
T HE history of the proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler and her confederates on account of their dealings in unhallowed arts is to be found in a MS. in the British Museum, and has been edited amongst the publications of the Camden Society by Thomas Wright, who considers it to be a contemporary narrative. Good modern accounts of it are given in the same learned antiquary s Narratives of Witch-craft and Sorcery in Transactions of the Ossory Arch ological Society , vol. i., and in the Rev. Dr. Carrigan s History of the Diocese of Ossory , vol. i.
Dame Alice Kyteler (such apparently being her maiden name), the facile princeps of Irish witches, was a member of a good Anglo-Norman family that had been settled in the city of Kilkenny for many years.