I need a 1500-word annotated bibliography on how medical Christians interpreted the Black Death. The bibliography must include five separate entries of at least 300 words for each scholarly source. Direct quotes must not be included in any of the annotations. The scholarly source must be a published book or article, have either an author or edited, and must have one of the following (
a title, name of a publishing house, and date of publication [or] a title, journal title and number, and date of publication. Below will be an example of what each annotation should look and sound like, along with the level of detail I am looking for.
Based on the hypothetical prompt, “In what context did which hunting occur in Early Modern England?”
Macfarlane, Alan D. J. Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1970.
This work concentrates on witchcraft prosecutions in Essex County, England, between 1560 and 1680. Macfarlane provides numerous statistics from ecclesiastical and secular trials on the gender, age and social status of the accused. He discusses the relationships of the accused to their accusers and attempts to explain the motivations which spurred neighbors to press charges against one another. He proceeds to list reasons for the decline of witch trials in Essex by the middle of the seventeenth century. The alleged witchcraft in this part of England was considerably less colorful and more practical than elsewhere in continental Europe. They were, in fact, accused of killing, attempting to injure people and destroy property, invoking evil spirits, seeking out treasures and lost items with the aid of magic, and various methods of fortune telling.
It appears that the major factors in determining the guilt or innocence of an Essex which were their character, drinking habits, and general reputation. Concerning the root causes for prosecution, he dismisses as unproven untrue or problematic causes such as destitution, illness, or religious fervor. Instead, Macfarlane suggests that the Essex witch trials responded to how the elderly strained economic resources and caused friction between themselves and younger families, keenly felt in Tudor and Stuart England, where ideals of charity were beginning to change. Also, Macfarlane suggests that tensions between neighbors, such as being refused some charity, played a role. Accusing someone of witchcraft was a way to divert guilt from oneself onto someone else.
Unacceptable sources are
Websites (e.g., academic blogs, authorless database articles, university web pages, general information web pages, Wikipedia, etc.…).
Encyclopedias, textbooks, or non-print sources
