04387nam 22010093u 450 991077775330332120230207230157.01-280-53318-81-283-42705-2978661342705297866105331830-19-972631-0(CKB)1000000000748396(EBL)760035(OCoLC)609831275(SSID)ssj0000295341(PQKBManifestationID)12105522(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295341(PQKBWorkID)10314913(PQKB)10259404(SSID)ssj0000517987(PQKBManifestationID)12181186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517987(PQKBWorkID)10491814(PQKB)10968195(MiAaPQ)EBC760035(MiAaPQ)EBC430784(MiAaPQ)EBC4963535(Au-PeEL)EBL4963535(CaONFJC)MIL53318(OCoLC)1027197547(EXLCZ)99100000000074839620140113d2004|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrEntertaining Satan[electronic resource] Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New EnglandNew EditionOxford Oxford University Press, USA20041 online resource (560 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517484-4 0-19-503131-8 Cover; Contents; Introduction; ONE: BIOGRAPHY; 1. ""A Desolate Condition""; 2. ""Peace with No Man""; 3. Witches: A Collective Portrait; TWO: PSYCHOLOGY; 4. ""A Diabolical Distemper""; 5. ""Let Me Do What I Could""; 6. Accusers, Victims, Bystanders: The Innerlife Dimension; THREE: SOCIOLOGY; 7. ""The Mind of Our Town""; 8. ""Hard Thoughts and Jealousies""; 9. Communities: The Social Matrix of Witchcraft; FOUR: HISTORY; 10. ""From Generation to Generation""; 11. ""Hearts Against Hearts""; 12. Communities: Witchcraft over TimeAppendix: List of Known Witchcraft Cases in Seventeenth-Century New EnglandNotes; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YIn the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new Preface thaNew England -- Social life and customs -- 17th centuryWitchcraft -- New England -- History -- 17th centuryWitchcraftHistory17th centuryNew EnglandMagicSuperstitionsSpiritual TherapiesComplementary TherapiesCultureAnthropology, CulturalTherapeuticsAnthropologySocial SciencesParapsychology & Occult SciencesHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCNew EnglandSocial life and customs17th centuryNew England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.Witchcraft -- New England -- History -- 17th century.WitchcraftHistoryMagicSuperstitionsSpiritual TherapiesComplementary TherapiesCultureAnthropology, CulturalTherapeuticsAnthropologySocial SciencesParapsychology & Occult SciencesSocial Sciences133.430974974/.02Demos John Putnam133952AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910777753303321Entertaining Satan3863083UNINA