5-469: A Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts was a book written by George Gifford and published in 1593. It "is notable for its attention to the ministerial challenges posed by witch belief as well as for its entertaining dialogue designed to appeal to a wide audience". Gifford told the story of many alleged witches, including Feats, a reputed sorcerer in Elizabethan London, whose familiar spirit
10-424: A translation of William Fulke 's Praelections vpon the sacred and holy Reuelation of S. Iohn (1573; STC:11443); A briefe discourse of certaine points of the religion which is among the common sort of Christians, which may bee termed the countrie diunitie (1581; STC:11845), which was his most popular work; A dialogue betweene a Papist and a Protestant (1582; STC:11849); and two works on witchcraft, A discourse of
15-457: The subtill practises of deuilles by witches and sorcerers (1587; STC:11852) and A Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts (1593; STC:11850). It is the last work for which he is best known. Gifford was a moderate in the witchcraft debate, although he still believed in the existence of witches, and that they should be severely punished. His main concern in the Dialogue was to ensure more care
20-481: Was a black dog named Bomelius. This article related to a book about religion is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . George Gifford (Puritan) George Gifford (c. 1548–1600) was a Puritan preacher at Maldon , Essex . Gifford was born in Dry Drayton , near Cambridge and attended Christ's College, Cambridge , graduating BA in 1570 and MA in 1573. He afterwards lived at Maldon, but
25-618: Was discharged from the priesthood for refusing to subscribe to Archbishop Whitgift 's articles of conformity. He was later reinstated as a lecturer at Maldon, serving there as a lecturer until his death in 1600. It is possible that in 1586 he attended the deathbed of Sir Philip Sidney in the Low Countries, where Gifford was serving as chaplain to the Earl of Essex's troops. Gifford may well have penned The Manner of Sir Philip Sidney's Death . Gifford wrote some twenty-two published works. These include
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