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Witchcraft, magic, and religion in 17th-century Massachusetts
Richard Weisman
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page ix)
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Preface (page xi)
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1. Introduction (page 1)
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2. The Crime of Witchcraft in Massachusetts Bay: Historical Background and Pattern of Prosecution (page 7)
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THE SOCIAL MEANING OF WITHCRAFT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MASSACHUSETTS BAY
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3. Witchcraft and Puritan Beliefs (page 23)
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4. Witchcraft and Magic (page 39)
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5. The Interrelationship between Popular and Theological Meanings of Witchcraft (page 53)
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WITCHCRAFT AND COMMUNITY
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6. The Identification of the Malefic Witch (page 75)
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7. The Official Response to Popular Demands (page 96)
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WITCHCRAFT AND THE STATE
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8. The Salem Witchcraft Prosecutions: The Framework for Official Initiative (page 117)
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9. The Salem Witchcraft Prosecutions: The Discovery of Conspiracy (page 132)
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10. The Salem Witchcraft Prosecutions: The Invisible World at the Vanishing Point (page 160)
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11. Witchcraft in Historical and Sociological Perspective (page 184)
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APPENDIXES
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A. List of Legal Actions against Witchcraft Prior to the Salem Prosecutions (page 191)
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B. List of Defamation Suits Involving Witchcraft in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts Bay (page 204)
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C. List of Persons against Whom Legal Actions Were Initiated during Salem Prosecutions (page 208)
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D. List of Confessors during Salem Prosecutions (page 217)
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E. List of Allegations of Ordinary Witchcraft by Case (page 219)
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F. List of Persons Diagnosed as Afflicted in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts Bay (page 222)
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Notes (page 225)
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Bibliography (page 251)
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Subject Index (page 263)
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Name Index (page 265)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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CS | 14.1 (1985): 93-94 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2070465 |
JSSR | 24.4 (1985): 451-452 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1386005 |
SF | 66.2 (1987): 573-574 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2578766 |
JIH | 16.2 (1985): 347-349 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/204204 |
NEQ | 57.4 (1984): 598-602 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/365068. |
JAAR | 53.2 (1984): 317 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1464958 |
AJLH | 30.3 (1986): 281-283 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/845736 |
WMQ | 42.2 (1985): 276-278 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920438 |
EAL | 19.3 (1984): 300-303 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/25056569 |
LHR | 3.1 (1985): 209-211 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/743706 |
Citable Link
Published: 1984
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- 9780870234941 (paper)
- 9780870234156 (hardcover)