The Puritan girl and the witch hunter part 3
The witch hunters or witchfinders of the English civil war period used various interrogation techniques when they were interrogating suspected witches for signs of witchcraft; in this example the witch hunter uses the kindly manner of a physician or family …
September 22, 2010
The Puritan girl and the witch hunter part 2
A witch hunter, also known as a witchfinder, uses his ‘instincts’ to detect those who are ‘guilty of witchcraft’ during the notorious witch hunts of the English civil war
I have interpreted witchfinders slightly differently to what is perhaps the …
September 21, 2010
The Puritan girl and the Puritan witch hunter
This scene, from a story about the English civil war that I am writing, explores what might happen if a girl of the Puritan faith comes into conflict with a witch hunter who is also of the Puritan faith but …