Detestable and wicked arts : New England and witchcraft in the early modern Atlantic world /

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"While interpersonal, local, and regional contexts are critical to the analysis of witch-hunting in early New England, this book shows that a full understanding of the Puritan colonies' battle against black magic can only be achieved by placing it in a trans-Atlantic perspective"--

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Sujets:
1600-1699
Witchcraft > New England > History > 17th century.
Witchcraft > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Sorcellerie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Witchcraft
Great Britain
New England
Electronic books.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : The Devil in New England
  • "Hanged for a Witch" : Witch-hunting in New England before 1670
  • "Being instigated by the Devil" : The Crime of Witchcraft
  • "A forward, discontented frame of spirit" : The New England Witch
  • "The more women, the more witches" : Gender and Witchcraft
  • "There was some mischief in it" : The Social Context of Witchcraft
  • "Very awful and amazing" : Witch Panics and the Bewitched
  • "According to God's Law" : Witch-hunting as a Judicial Process
  • Conclusion : The Case of Ann Burt and Witch-hunting in the English Atlantic.

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