A storm of witchcraft : the Salem trials and the American experience /

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"Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers--mainly young women--suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baker, Emerson W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Series:Pivotal moments in American history.
Subjects:
Trials (Witchcraft) > Massachusetts > Salem.
Witchcraft > Massachusetts > Salem > History.
Witchcraft > history
Procès (Sorcellerie) > Massachusetts > Salem.
Sorcellerie > Massachusetts > Salem > Histoire.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Trials (Witchcraft)
Witchcraft
Hexenprozess
Massachusetts > Salem
Salem, Mass.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: An old valueless cabinet
  • Satan's storm
  • The city upon a hill
  • Drawing battle lines in Salem Village
  • The aflicted
  • The accused
  • The judges
  • An inextinguishable flame
  • Salem end
  • Witch City?
  • Appendices. People accused of witchcraft in 1692 who are named in the court records
  • Additional people accused of witchcraft in 1692-1693
  • Ministers and their close family members accused of witchcraft in 1692.

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