The year 1645 saw the biggest witch-hunt in English history. Faced by the extreme challenges of religious dissent, poverty, sickness and the threat of foreign invasion, Ipswich became an ideological battlefield during the English Civil Wars. Here Puritanism struggled against Catholic sensibilities, the Devil loomed at the door of every English home, and the age of the witchfinder was born. This book focuses on witchcraft in Ipswich and the most extreme punishment ever given to an English witch, and challenges some stereotypes of the period: reflecting on the growth in Puritan sects, gender politics, the exploitation of the poor, the importance of beliefs in the occult and the rise of English power in the New World.
Palmeras Del Mundo David L. Jones Describe 800 especies de 123 géneros. David Jones, investigador botánico y horticultor, ha sintetizado sus conocimientos sobre palmeras para ampliar las perspectivas de su cultivo a zonas de todo el mundo. Los entusiastas de las palmeras podran familiarizarse con los impresionantes miembros del genero Johannesteijsmannia. Otras magnificas palmeras, especialmente las palmeras enanas y de bajo porte, se encontraran en los generos Pinanga y Licuala. Con sus bellas ilustraciones y un texto altamente asequible, esta es una obra de obligada referencia sobre el tema.