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 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New England
/ Belief in witches
/ Witch-hunting
/ History 1600-1700
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KDH Christian sects |
| Further subjects: | B
Witchcraft (Great Britain)
History 17th century
B Witchcraft (New England) History 17th century |
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Table of Contents Blurb |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1501751050 |