The devil in the shape of a woman : witchcraft in colonial New England /
"Confessing to "Familiarity with the Devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens, was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. In 1662, Ann Cole was "taken with very strange Fits" and fueled...
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Norton,
1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1: New England's witchcraft beliefs
- 2: Demographic basis of witchcraft
- 3: Economic basis of witchcraft
- 4: Handmaidens of the devil
- 5: Handmaidens of the lord
- 6: New England's well-ordered society
- 7: Brands plucked out of the burning
- Epilogue
- Afterword to the Norton paperback edition
- Appendix: List of accused witches
- Notes
- Index.