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

Title: Detestable and wicked arts [electronic resource] : New England and witchcraft in the early modern Atlantic world / Paul B. Moyer.
Author: Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970-
Publication: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.

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Description

1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts.

Summary

"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"--

Uniform Title

Detestable and wicked arts (Online)

Alternative Title

Detestable and wicked arts (Online)

Subject

Witchcraft > New England > History > 17th century
Witchcraft > Great Britain > History > 17th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

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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