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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786900003321

Autore

Baker Emerson W.

Titolo

A storm of witchcraft : the Salem trials and the American experience / / Emerson W. Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-938514-9

1-322-04533-X

0-19-989035-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Collana

Pivotal Moments in American History

Disciplina

133.43097445

345.744/50288

Soggetti

Trials (Witchcraft) - Massachusetts - Salem

Witchcraft - Massachusetts - Salem - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; Editor's Note; INTRODUCTION: An Old Valuables Cabinet; CHAPTER ONE: Satan's Storm; CHAPTER TWO: The City upon a Hill; CHAPTER THREE: Drawing Battle Lines in Salem Village; CHAPTER FOUR: The Afflicted; CHAPTER FIVE: The Accused; CHAPTER SIX: The Judges; CHAPTER SEVEN: An Inextinguishable Flame; CHAPTER EIGHT: Salem End; CHAPTER NINE: Witch City?; APPENDIX 1: People Accused of Witchcraft in 1692 Who Are Named in the Court Records

APPENDIX 2: Additional People Accused of Witchcraft in 1692-1693APPENDIX 3: Ministers and Their Close Family Members Accused of Witchcraft in 1692; Acknowledgments; Notes; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers--mainly young women--suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies,



complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Believing that they suffered from assaults by an invisible spirit, the community began a hunt to track down those responsible for the demonic work. The resulting Salem Witch Trials, culminating in the execution of 19 villagers, persists as one of the mos