Detestable and wicked arts : New England and witchcraft in the early modern Atlantic world / Paul B. Moyer.
Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970- author.
2020
BF1576 .M69 2020
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Title Detestable and wicked arts : New England and witchcraft in the early modern Atlantic world / Paul B. Moyer.
Author Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970- author.
ISBN 9781501751059
9781501751615
9781501751066
9781501751073 (e-book)
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations, charts.
Call Number BF1576 .M69 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.1/88
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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