Between the Devil and the Host

Between the Devil and the Host
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Publisher : Past & Present Book
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9780199587902
ISBN-13 : 0199587906
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Book Synopsis Between the Devil and the Host by : Michael Ostling

Download or read book Between the Devil and the Host written by Michael Ostling and published by Past & Present Book. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how ordinary peasant-women got caught in webs of suspicion and accusation, finally confessing under torture to the most heinous of crimes.


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