{"product_id":"whispers-in-the-church-charlene-hanson-jordan-9781458205971","title":"Whispers in the Church: Swedish Witch Hunt, 1672","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis history explores the lives and trials of the accused during Sweden's seventeenth-century witch hunts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt may come as a surprise that Sweden had a witch hunt and that it was a precursor to Salem's witch trials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eM rit Hansdotter and Karl Karlsson lived in an age of war, religious upheaval, and general discord. Their home, Karlsg rden, was the site of tremendous heartache, tragedy, love and survival. It overlooked the Ljusnan River on a pilgrimage road between Uppsala and Saint Olaf's shrine in Norway. M rit was sentenced to death, twice, for things she could not have done. Karl was sentenced to death, twice, for things he might have done.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTapping into numerous historical sources-most of them unavailable in English-author and historian Charlene Hanson Jordan details the customs, traditions, relationships, and lifestyles of seventeenth-century Sweden while exploring her family's history and considering the dangers of an imbalance of power between church and state that allowed the development and spreading of an extreme notion about evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlene Hanson Jordan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1458205975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781458205971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abbott Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Charlene Hanson Jordan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935991628031,"sku":"9781458205971","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_aa3db7d9-01ff-4526-abd4-f0365897d74f.jpg?v=1681422990","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whispers-in-the-church-charlene-hanson-jordan-9781458205971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}