Tony Thorne (1) (1950–)
Autore di Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
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Sull'Autore
Tony Thorne is currently Director of the Language Centre and slang archive at King's College, London.
Opere di Tony Thorne
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Thorne, Tony
- Data di nascita
- 1950
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Cairo, Egypt
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
Slovenia
Ankara, Turkey - Istruzione
- Hampton School
University of Kent at Canterbury - Attività lavorative
- Author
Lexicographer
Consultant - Organizzazioni
- King's College London
EURALEX - Agente
- Julian Alexander (Lucas Alexander Whitley)
- Breve biografia
- Sometime mod, hippie, punk, author and broadcaster. Traveller.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Utenti
- 347
- Popolarità
- #68,853
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 53
- Lingue
- 4
This is NOT a blood and guts vampire story. Certainly Bathory's alleged crimes make for grim reading- but Thorne goes on to consider other reasons for her arraignment.
Firstly, she was an incredibly wealthy widow- her estates could be confiscated if she were guilty- to the enrichment of her rivals.
Secondly there were political issues- Bathory's nephew, whom she supported, was ruling an independent Trasylvania, to the disgruntlement of the Hapsburg overlords.
And as outrageous calumnies usefully despatched Anne Boleyn (and indeed other Hungarian noblewomen- a near relative by marriage was accused of something similar.) ...and the many witchcraft trials of that time of any "strong, independent" women...Thorne argues it was a way to "neutralize" them.
Certainly the court hearings (at which the accused never appeared) seem to have glaring discrepancies...and some confessions appear to be the fervid declamations of persons being put to torture...
Nonetheless, can we dismiss all the allegations? Aristocrats were - frequently- cruel to their servants, and deaths only "counted" if the victim was of noble blood. "Home doctoring" might account for some of the events witnessed.
The reader is left with no concrete answer....… (altro)