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Author Gaskill, Malcolm, author.

Title The ruin of all witches : life and death in the New World / Malcolm Gaskill.

Publication Info. UK ; USA : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, [2022]
©2021

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  133.43 GASKILL    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  133.43 GASKILL    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  133.4309 GASKILL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  133.4 GASKILL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  133.43 GAS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - New Materials  133.43 GASKILL    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  133.43 GAS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  133.4 GASKILL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  133.4309 GASKILL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  133.4309 GAS    Check Shelf

Edition First American edition
Description xxv, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-284) and index.
Contents A voice that said 'death' -- Here we must be happy -- Temptations of desire -- Sleeveless errands -- I hear my child is dead -- Strange dreams -- That dumb dog -- Converse with the devil -- New Witchland -- Epilogue: An end to all affection.
Summary "A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology. In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing dreams and visions proliferate. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics and the community becomes tangled in a web of distrust, resentment and denunciation. The finger of suspicion soon falls on a young couple with two small children: the prickly brickmaker, Hugh Parsons, and his troubled wife, Mary. Drawing on rich, previously unexplored source material, Malcolm Gaskill vividly evokes a strange past, one where lives were steeped in the divine and the diabolic, in omens, curses and enchantments. The Ruin of All Witches captures an entire society caught in agonized transition between superstition and enlightenment, tradition and innovation."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Witch hunting -- Massachusetts -- Springfield -- History -- 17th century.
Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Springfield -- History -- 17th century.
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Springfield -- History -- 17th century.
Parsons, Hugh, died 1685.
Parsons, Mary (Mary Lewis), died 1651.
Pynchon, William, 1590-1662.
Springfield (Mass.) -- Religious life and customs.
Springfield (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
Springfield (Mass.) -- History -- 17th century.
Pynchon, William, 1590-1662. (OCoLC)fst00165526
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Trials (Witchcraft) (OCoLC)fst01156425
Witch hunting. (OCoLC)fst01747420
Witchcraft. (OCoLC)fst01176327
Massachusetts -- Springfield. (OCoLC)fst01205519
Chronological Term 1600-1699
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Gaskill, Malcolm. Ruin of all witches UK ; USA : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, [2022] 9780593316580 (DLC) 2021057424
ISBN 9780593316573 (hardcover)
0593316576 (hardcover)
9780593316580 (ebook)
0141991488
9780141991481
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