RT Book T1 Vexed with devils: manhood and witchcraft in old and New England T2 Early American places A1 Gasser, Erika LA English PP New York PB New York University Press YR 2017 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/88504231X AB Introduction: Possession, gender, and power -- Discerning demonic and witchcraft-possession in early modern England -- Engendering English witchcraft-possession: the Samuel Family in Warboys -- Disputing possession in England: Samuel Harsnett versus John Darrell -- Engendering New England witchcraft-possession: George Burroughs in Salem -- Disputing possession in New England: Robert Calef versus Cotton Mather -- Epilogue: Continuity and patriarchy at the turn of the eighteenth century NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-214) and index CN BF1555 SN 9781479831791 K1 Demoniac possession : England : History K1 Witchcraft : England : History K1 Demoniac possession : New England : History K1 Witchcraft : New England : History K1 Demoniac possession K1 Witchcraft K1 England K1 New England K1 History