Vexed with devils : manhood and witchcraft in old and New England / Erika Gasser
Series: Early American placesPublisher: New York: New York University Press, 2017Description: xiii, 223 pISBN: 9781479831791Subject(s): Demoniac possession -- England | Witchcraft -- England | Demoniac possession -- New England | Witchcraft -- New EnglandDDC classification: 133.426 094 2 Online resources: Click here to access online| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-214) and index.
Introduction: Possession, gender, and power -- Discerning demonic and witchcraft-possession in early modern England -- Engendering English witchcraft-possession: the Samuel Family in Warboys -- Disputing possession in England: Samuel Harsnett versus John Darrell -- Engendering New England witchcraft-possession: George Burroughs in Salem -- Disputing possession in New England: Robert Calef versus Cotton Mather -- Epilogue: Continuity and patriarchy at the turn of the eighteenth century.
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