Moyer, Paul B.

Detestable and Wicked Arts : New England and Witchcraft in the Early Modern Atlantic World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (293 pages)

Detestable and Wicked Arts -- Contents -- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: The Devil in New England -- 1. "Hanged for a Witch": Witch-Hunting in New England before 1670 -- 2. "Being Instigated by the Devil": The Crime of Witchcraft -- 3. "A Forward, Discontented Frame of Spirit": The New England Witch -- 4. "The More Women, the More Witches": Gender and Witchcraft -- 5. "There Was Some Mischief in It": The Social Context of Witchcraft -- 6. "Very Awful and Amazing": Witch Panics and the Bewitched -- 7. "According to God's Law": Witch- Hunting as a Judicial Process -- Conclusion: The Case of Ann Burt and Witch-Hunting in the English Atlantic -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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9781501751073


Witchcraft-New England-History-17th century.


Electronic books.

BF1576

364.188