Detestable and wicked arts: New England and witchcraft in the early modern Atlantic world
Introduction : The Devil in New England -- "Hanged for a Witch" : Witch-hunting in New England before 1670 -- "Being instigated by the Devil" : The Crime of Witchcraft -- "A forward, discontented frame of spirit" : The New England Witch -- "The more women, the more...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Ithaca [New York] London
Cornell University Press
2020
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In: | Year: 2020 |
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Summary: | Introduction : The Devil in New England -- "Hanged for a Witch" : Witch-hunting in New England before 1670 -- "Being instigated by the Devil" : The Crime of Witchcraft -- "A forward, discontented frame of spirit" : The New England Witch -- "The more women, the more witches" : Gender and Witchcraft -- "There was some mischief in it" : The Social Context of Witchcraft -- "Very awful and amazing" : Witch Panics and the Bewitched -- "According to God's Law" : Witch-hunting as a Judicial Process -- Conclusion : The Case of Ann Burt and Witch-hunting in the English Atlantic. "While interpersonal, local, and regional contexts are critical to the analysis of witch-hunting in early New England, this book shows that a full understanding of the Puritan colonies' battle against black magic can only be achieved by placing it in a trans-Atlantic perspective"-- |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Physical Description: | xiv, 276 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
ISBN: | 9781501751059 9781501751615 |