A Contemporary Narrative of the Proceedings Against Dame Alice Kyteler

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Excerpt from A Contemporary Narrative of the Proceedings Against Dame Alice Kyteler: Prosecuted for Society in 1324 The narrative published in the present volume not only affords a curious picture of the state of Ireland in the reign of Edward II., but it forms an interesting chapter in the history of English superstition. Witcheraft was one of the oldest and most deeply-rooted articles of the superstitious belief of the people, and seems to have existed among all nations. Among the Anglo-Saxons it was made a punishable offence both by the secular laws and by the ecclesiastical constitutions. In the Poenitential of Theodore, composed in the seventh century, various degrees of penitence are enjoined to magicians and echanters, and those who deal in charms, to those who work people's destruction or endeavour to gain their love by withcraft, to those who consult diviners, to those who cause tempest, to and to several other similar offences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.