Search Results for: Witchcraft And Society In England And America 1550 1750

A collection of materials, including works of literature as well as historical documents, this work provides a broad view of how witches and magicians were repr

A fascinating examination of how Americans think about and write about witches, from the 'real' witches tried and sometimes executed in early New England to mod

From about 1550 to 1750, witchcraft was a subject of serious intellectual debate, punishable as a crime by the courts, and accepted as a reality at all levels o

In this original study of witchcraft, Gibson explores the stories told by and about witches and their 'victims' through trial records, early news books, pamphle