| Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts Contributor(s): Weisman, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870234943 ISBN-13: 9780870234941 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1985 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Law - General - Technology & Engineering | Electronics - General - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
| Dewey: 345.744 |
| LCCN: 83015542 |
| Lexile Measure: 1610 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.77" W x 8.93" (0.88 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Salem witchcraft persecutions are one of the most well-known events in history, but there is more to the story. In this book, Weisman explores the social, political, and religious implications of witchcraft. He ventures outside of the usual studies of the Salem trials to provide a comprehensive understanding of 17th-century Massachusetts witchcraft as a whole. In the first section, an attempt is made to explicate the logic and meaning of the two major interpretive frameworks of witchcraft in terms of which the category was understood by inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay. The second and third sections of this study deal with the sources of support and resistance to collective actions against witchcraft prior to the Salem trials and during the Salem trials respectively. |