Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England : A Documentary History 1638-1693, Second Edition /

This superb documentary collection illuminates the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting in seventeenth-century New England. The cases examined begin in 1638, extend to the Salem outbreak in 1692, and document for the first time the extensive Stamford-Fairfield, Connecticut, witch-hunt of 1692-169...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hall, David D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Witch hunting.
Manners and customs.
HISTORY / United States / General
Chasse aux sorcieres > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Witch hunting > New England > History > 17th century.
New England.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Moeurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 1775.
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England > Social life and customs > To 1775.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The early cases (1638-1651)
  • The Parsons of Springfield : a family at odds (1651-1652)
  • Suspicion : a widow's resistance (1653-1655)
  • The high price of silence
  • A handful of troublemakers (1652-1661)
  • A long-running feud (1656-1675)
  • One man's many accusers (1658-1669)
  • Mother and daughter:
  • The Holmans of Cambridge (1659-1660)
  • The Hartford witch-hunt (1662-1665)
  • A father's battle (1666-1667)
  • One "cunning woman" : at odds with all (1668-1670)
  • Three ambiguous cases (1669-1681)
  • A servant "possessed" (1671-1672)
  • Vehement suspicion : Eunice Cole of Hampton (1656-1680)
  • Two grandparents, one grandson
  • And a seaman (1679-1681)
  • The strange death of Philip Smith (1683-1684)
  • The "possession" of the Goodwin children
  • The Salem witch-hunt
  • The Stamford-Fairfield witch-hunt (1692-1693)
  • Appendix : The Hartford witch-hunt : additional texts.

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