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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gasser, Erika (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Witchcraft.
Demoniac possession.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
Possession diabolique > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Sorcellerie > Angleterre > Histoire.
Possession diabolique > Angleterre > Histoire.
Witchcraft > New England > History.
Demoniac possession > New England > History.
Witchcraft > England > History.
Demoniac possession > England > History.
New England.
England.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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