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About The 9-Year-Old Girl Who Convicted Her Own Family Of Witchcraft

This is an extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in Lancashire, was the star witness in 1612 in the trial of her own mother, her brother, her sister and many of her neighbours; thanks to her chilling testimony, they were all hanged.

The 9-Year-Old Girl Who Convicted Her Own Family Of Witchcraft is presented by Absolute History. Its listed runtime is 60 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a society documentary, The 9-Year-Old Girl Who Convicted Her Own Family Of Witchcraft uses convicted, family, witchcraft as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.

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Title
The 9-Year-Old Girl Who Convicted Her Own Family Of Witchcraft
Category
Society
Runtime
60 minutes
Language
English

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