Satan & Salem : the witch-hunt crisis of 1692 /

The result of a perfect storm of factors that culminated in a great moral catastrophe, the Salem witch trials of 1692 took a breathtaking toll on the young English colony of Massachusetts. Over 150 people were imprisoned, and nineteen men and women, including a minister, were executed by hanging. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ray, Benjamin C., 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Temas:
1600-1699
Witch hunting > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 17th century.
Witchcraft > Massachusetts > Salem > History.
Chasse aux sorcières > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Sorcellerie > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
Witch hunting.
Witchcraft.
Social Sciences.
Parapsychology & Occult Sciences.
Massachusetts > Salem.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Stains upon our land
  • Samuel Parris and the new covenant
  • Tituba's confession
  • The village girls who cried "witch!"
  • The magistrates
  • Reports of witches' meetings
  • Thomas Putnam
  • Andover
  • Confessions
  • The apparition and trial of George Burroughs
  • Samuel Parris, "the beginner and procurer"
  • Blame and shame
  • Mapping the Salem witch trials
  • Indians, Africans, gender, and the "black man".

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