Some Busy Men
In the midst of the English Civil War, Matthew Hopkins has given himself a new title: Witchfinder General, and King Charles I isn't the only one losing his head. In a country divided against itself, who can stand?
Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, featuring the voice talent of Lenny Scovel with original music by Purple Planet.
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Music
Purple Planet - Deep Space Exploration
Purple Planet - Seventh Curse
Frédéric Chopin - Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 no. 2 - Performed by Olga Gurevich
Purple Planet - Tormented
Purple Planet - Red Mist
Purple Planet - Sense of Loss
Purple Planet - Shadowlands
Sources
Primary
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Hopkins, Matthew and John Stearne. The Discovery of Witches and Witchcraft: The Writings of the Witchfinders. Edited by S. F. Davies. Brighton, U. K.: Puckrel, 2007.
Secondary
Boyer, Paul S. and Stephen Nissenbaum, eds. Salem-Village Witchcraft: A Documentary Record of Local Conflict in Colonial New England. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1972.
Bunn, Ivan and Gilbert Geis. A Trial of Witches A Seventeenth–century Witchcraft Prosecution. Abingdon: Routledge, 1997.
Cabell, Craig, Witchfinder General: The Biography of Matthew Hopkins. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2006.
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Capern, Amanda L. “New Perspectives on the English Reformation.” Journal of Religious History 33:2 (2009): 235–253.
Deacon, Richard. Matthew Hopkins: Witch Finder General. London: Frederick Muller, 1976.
Gaskill, Malcolm. “Witchcraft, Politics, and Memory in Seventeenth-Century England.” The Historical Journal 50:2 (2007): 289–308.
Gaskill, Malcolm. Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy. London: John Murray, 2005.
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Kent, E. J. “Masculinity and Male Witches in Old and New England, 1593-1680.” History Workshop Journal 60:60 (2005): 69–92.
Jensen, Gary F. The Path of the Devil: Early Modern Witch Hunts. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.
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Seth, Robert. Children Against Witches. London: Robert Hale Co., 1969.
Sharpe, James. “The Lancashire Witches in Historical Context.“ In The Lancashire Witches: Histories and Stories. Edited by Robert Poole, 1&ndaash;18. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002.
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Thomas, Keith. Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England. New York: Penguin Books, 1971.
