Wyrd Sisters (Terry David John Pratchett) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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There exists a book entitled Servants of Satan, which is about the history of witch hunts. It contains the following paragraph:

“This brings us back to Pierre de Lancre. He became convinced that Basque women where an immoral and unfaithful lot when observing their social arrangements during his witch-hunting expedition. De Lancre was especially horrified at the leadership roles in religious services taken by Basque women, the very women among whom witchcraft was rife …”

Terry comments: “I’m astonished. I’ve never heard of the guy, and I’m reasonably well-read in that area. But it is a lovely coincidence.”

It may also not be entirely a coincidence that ‘Lancre’ is a common way of referring to Lancashire, the county where the famous 17th century witch trials were held (see the annotation for p. 78/57 of Lords and Ladies).