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The Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England » (1st Edition)
Authors: Richard Godbeer
ISBN-13: 9780521466707, ISBN-10: 0521466709
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: January 1994
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Richard Godbeer
Book Synopsis
A detailed look at the folk magic used by settlers in early New England.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Prologue | 1 | |
| Introduction | 7 | |
| 1 | Magical Experiments: Divining, Healing, and Destroying in Seventeenth-Century New England | 24 |
| 2 | The Serpent that Lies in the Grass Unseen: Clerical and Lay Opposition to Magic | 55 |
| 3 | Entertaining Satan: Sin, Suffering, and Countermagic | 85 |
| 4 | Sinful Curiosity: Astrological Discourse in Early New England | 122 |
| 5 | Insufficient Grounds of Conviction: Witchcraft, the Courts, and Countermagic | 153 |
| 6 | Rape of a Whole Colony: The 1692 Witch Hunt | 179 |
| Epilogue | 223 | |
| Appendix A: Witchcraft Trials in Seventeenth-Century New England (Excluding Persons Accused During the Salem Witch Hunt) | 235 | |
| Appendix B: Persons Accused During the Salem Witch Hunt | 238 | |
| Name Index | 243 | |
| Subject Index | 248 |
Subjects
History
American History United States History - Northeastern & Middle Atlantic Region
New Age & Spirituality Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - Historical
Nonfiction History American History
American History United States History - Northeastern & Middle Atlantic RegionNew Age & Spirituality
Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - HistoricalNonfiction
History American History