Below is a description from the publisher:
A fascinating image of Poland from the period of the witch trials and ubiquitous fornication
It is good that we are not living in that gloomy period of darkness and backwardness
– these words of Professor Bohdan Baranowski adequately describe the events described in the book and the people presented. The 17th and 18th centuries in Poland were the times when the executioner administered a bloody and painful punishment for the seemingly harmless slander. The harlotry could end with chilling torture, and it was better for a woman who was raped to commit suicide than to live in the darkness of a curse.
Baranowski shows a world that is difficult for us to imagine today. There were witchcraft and people accused of it. In addition to the “people of the road”, operating on the border of the law or outside it, courtesans lived in harmony, whose activities flourished despite the trials that were brought against them. The author vividly describes the course of such a process, paying attention to the smallest details.
Based largely on city books and court files, the storyAbout rogues, witches and harlots is a unique reading about a very interesting, in terms of customs and moral canons, period in the history of our country, about which little is said every day.
The reissue of Bohdan Baranowski’s book On rogues, witches and harlots will premiere on August 18, but now you can pre-purchase it as much as 45% cheaper on the Replika website .
