Witch-Hunting In Seventeenth-Century New England - 9780822336136
Un libro in lingua di Hall David D. (EDT) edito da Duke Univ Pr, 2005
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Primary sources include court depositions as well as excerpts from the diaries and letters of contemporaries. They cover trials for witchcraft, reports of diabolical possessions, suits of defamation, and reports of preternatural events. Each section is preceded by headnotes that describe the case and its background and refer the reader to important secondary interpretations. In his incisive introduction, David D. Hall addresses a wide range of important issues: witchcraft lore, antagonistic social relationships, the vulnerability of women, religious ideologies, popular and learned understandings of witchcraft and the devil, and the role of the legal system. This volume is an extraordinarily significant resource for the study of gender, village politics, religion, and popular culture in seventeenth-century New England.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Witch-Hunting In Seventeenth-Century New England
- Sottotitolo: A Documentary History 1638-1693
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Hall David D. (EDT)
- Editore: Duke Univ Pr
- Collana: Duke Univ Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Gennaio '05
- Genere: Lingua Inglese
- Argomenti : Witch hunting New England History 17th century
- Pagine: 378
- Dimensioni mm: 222 x 158 x 31
- ISBN-10: 0822336138
- EAN-13: 9780822336136