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Witchcraft, magic, and religion in 17th-century Massachusetts

Richard Weisman 1984 © University of Massachusetts Press
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780870234941 (paper)
  • 9780870234156 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Religion
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page ix)
  • Preface (page xi)
  • 1. Introduction (page 1)
  • 2. The Crime of Witchcraft in Massachusetts Bay: Historical Background and Pattern of Prosecution (page 7)
  • THE SOCIAL MEANING OF WITHCRAFT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MASSACHUSETTS BAY
  • 3. Witchcraft and Puritan Beliefs (page 23)
  • 4. Witchcraft and Magic (page 39)
  • 5. The Interrelationship between Popular and Theological Meanings of Witchcraft (page 53)
  • WITCHCRAFT AND COMMUNITY
  • 6. The Identification of the Malefic Witch (page 75)
  • 7. The Official Response to Popular Demands (page 96)
  • WITCHCRAFT AND THE STATE
  • 8. The Salem Witchcraft Prosecutions: The Framework for Official Initiative (page 117)
  • 9. The Salem Witchcraft Prosecutions: The Discovery of Conspiracy (page 132)
  • 10. The Salem Witchcraft Prosecutions: The Invisible World at the Vanishing Point (page 160)
  • 11. Witchcraft in Historical and Sociological Perspective (page 184)
  • APPENDIXES
  • A. List of Legal Actions against Witchcraft Prior to the Salem Prosecutions (page 191)
  • B. List of Defamation Suits Involving Witchcraft in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts Bay (page 204)
  • C. List of Persons against Whom Legal Actions Were Initiated during Salem Prosecutions (page 208)
  • D. List of Confessors during Salem Prosecutions (page 217)
  • E. List of Allegations of Ordinary Witchcraft by Case (page 219)
  • F. List of Persons Diagnosed as Afflicted in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts Bay (page 222)
  • Notes (page 225)
  • Bibliography (page 251)
  • Subject Index (page 263)
  • Name Index (page 265)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
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
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