| Description |
xiv, 318 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-307) and index. |
| Contents |
Martyrs of Lyons: a story from the beginning -- Witch-hunting panorama, 150-1750 -- The Malleus maleficarum: a book and its travels -- Windsor, Connecticut, 1654: a town entertaining Satan -- Witch-hunting in the American colonies, 1607-92 -- Mary Parsons: a life under suspicion -- Rebecca Nurse: a "witch" and her trials -- The most famous witch-hunt of all, 1692-93 -- The Reverend Cotton Mather: a minister and his demons -- Anti-Masonry: a politics of panic -- A saga of scares, 1700-2000 -- Fells Acres Day School: a question of abuse. |
| Subject |
Witchcraft -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780670019991 |
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0670019992 |
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