Damned Women : Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England /

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Following the Salem witchcraft trials, Reis argues, Puritans' understanding of sin and the devil changed. Women and men took more responsibility for their sins and became increasingly confident of their redemption, yet women more than men continued to imagine themselves as essentially corrupt,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Reis, Elizabeth, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Geschichte 1600-1700.
Witchcraft > New England > History > 17th century.
Puritans > New England > History > 17th century.
Women > New England > History > 17th century.
Hekserij.
Puriteinen.
Vrouwen.
Sünde
Puritanismus
Hexe
Frau
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Religious life.
Women.
Witchcraft.
Puritans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Puritains > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Femmes > Vie religieuse > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Femmes > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Puritans > New England > History.
Women > Religious life > New England.
Women > New England > Social conditions.
Neuengland
New England.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Puritan Women and the Discourse of Depravity
  • 1. Women's Sinful Natures and Men's Natural Sins
  • 2. Popular and Ministerial Visions of Satan
  • 3. The Devil, the Body, and the Feminine Soul
  • 4. Gender and the Meanings of Confession
  • 5. Satan Dispossessed
  • Epilogue: Gender, Faith, and "Young Goodman Brown."

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