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

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...

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Auteur principal: Moyer, Paul Benjamin 1970- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Ithaca [New York] London Cornell University Press 2020
Dans:Année: 2020
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Neuengland / Croyance aux sorcières / Chasse aux sorcières / Histoire 1600-1700
RelBib Classification:AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux
CG Christianisme et politique
CH Christianisme et société
KDH Sectes d’origine chrétienne
Sujets non-standardisés:B Witchcraft (Great Britain) History 17th century
B Witchcraft (New England) History 17th century
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Résumé: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.
"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"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1501751050