The devil's dominion :
Godbeer, Richard.
The devil's dominion : magic and religion in early New England / Richard Godbeer. - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992. - x, 253 p. ; hbk ; 24 cm.
Based on the author's thesis, Brandeis University.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Magical experiments: divining, healing and destroying in seventeenth-century New England --
The serpent that lies if the grass unseen: clerical and lay opposition to magic --
Entertaining Satan: sin, suffering and countermagic --
Sinful curiosity: astrological discourse in early New England --
Insufficiant grounds of conviction: witchcraft, the courts and countermagic --
Rapd of a whole colony: the 1692 witch hunt --
Epilogue. Appendices :
A : Witchcraft trials in seventeenth-century New England (excluding persons accused during the Salem witch hunt).
B : Persons accused during the Salem witch hunt.
0521403294 (hardback)
91022371
Witchcraft--New England.
Witchcraft--History.--New England
133.43/GOD
The devil's dominion : magic and religion in early New England / Richard Godbeer. - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992. - x, 253 p. ; hbk ; 24 cm.
Based on the author's thesis, Brandeis University.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Magical experiments: divining, healing and destroying in seventeenth-century New England --
The serpent that lies if the grass unseen: clerical and lay opposition to magic --
Entertaining Satan: sin, suffering and countermagic --
Sinful curiosity: astrological discourse in early New England --
Insufficiant grounds of conviction: witchcraft, the courts and countermagic --
Rapd of a whole colony: the 1692 witch hunt --
Epilogue. Appendices :
A : Witchcraft trials in seventeenth-century New England (excluding persons accused during the Salem witch hunt).
B : Persons accused during the Salem witch hunt.
0521403294 (hardback)
91022371
Witchcraft--New England.
Witchcraft--History.--New England
133.43/GOD
