Escaping Salem : the other witch hunt of 1692 /

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Tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. This work takes us inside the courtroom - and inside the minds of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Godbeer, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Colección:New narratives in American history.
Temas:
1600-1699
Trials (Witchcraft) > Connecticut > Stamford > History > 17th century.
Procès (Sorcellerie) > Connecticut > Stamford > Histoire > 17e siècle.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Magick Studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Witchcraft & Wicca.
Trials (Witchcraft)
Connecticut > Stamford
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue "A witch! A witch!"
  • Katherine Branch's fits
  • Who is it that torments her?
  • "By the law of God and the law of the Colony thou deservest to die"
  • Angry speeches and strange afflictions
  • Weighing the evidence
  • "Persisting in non-agreement"
  • Afterword.

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