Entertaining Satan Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England

Name: Entertaining Satan Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England
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ISBN: 9780195174830

ISBN-10: 0195174836

ISBN-13: 9780195174830

Edition: 2nd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: John Putnam Demos

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In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new preface that puts forth a broader overview of witchcraft and looks at its place around the world--from ancient…

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List price: $26.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/18/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 7.80" wide x 5.31" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction



Biography



"A Desolate Condition"



"Peace with No Man"



Witches: A Collective Portrait



Psychology



"A Diabolical Distemper"



"Let Me Do What I Could"



Accusers, Victims, Bystanders: The Innerlife Dimension



Sociology



"The Mind of Our Town"



"Hard Thoughts and Jealousies"



Communities: The Social Matrix of Witchcraft



History



"From Generation to Generation"



"Hearts Against Hearts"



Communities: Witchcraft over Time



List of Known Witchcraft Cases in Seventeenth-Century New England


Notes


Subject Index


Name Index