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.

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Witchcraft--New England.
Witchcraft--History.--New England

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