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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 agai...
"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"--
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- Creator
- Paul B. Moyer
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020
- ©2020
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781501751059, 9781501751066, 9781501751073, 1501751069, 9781501751615, 1501751077, 1501751050, 1501751611
- OCLC
- on1127058830, on1128065582
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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