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Vexed with Devils : Manhood and Witchcraft in Old and New England /

Stories of witchcraft and demonic possession from early modern England through the last official trials in colonial New England. Those possessed by the devil in early modern England usually exhibited a common set of symptoms: fits, vomiting, visions, contortions, speaking in tongues, and an antipath...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gasser, Erika (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Continuity and patriarchy at the turn of the eighteenth century.