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Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion in 17th-century Massachusetts
author
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Weisman, Richard.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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0870234943
print isbn13
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9780870234941
ebook isbn13
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9780585084275
language
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English
subject
Trials (Witchcraft)--Massachusetts, Witchcraft--Massachusetts--History--17th century, Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Witchcraft.
publication date
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1984
lcc
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KFM2478.8.W5W44 1984eb
ddc
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345.744/0288
subject
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Trials (Witchcraft)--Massachusetts, Witchcraft--Massachusetts--History--17th century, Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Witchcraft.
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Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion in 17th-Century Massachusetts
Richard Weisman
The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst
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Copyright 1984 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Weisman, Richard. Witchcraft, magic, and religion in seventeenth-century Massachusetts.
Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Trials (Witchcraft)Massachusetts. 2. Witchcraft Massachusetts. 3. MassachusettsHistory Colonial period, ca. 16001775. Witchcraft. I. Title. KFM2478.8.W5W441984345.744'028883-15542 ISBN 0-87023-494-3 (pbk)
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For my mother, for my father in memoriam, and for my wife.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
ix
Preface
xi
1 Introduction
1
2 The Crime of Witchcraft in Massachusetts Bay: Historical Background and Pattern of Prosecution
7
The Social Meaning of Witchcraft in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts Bay
3 Witchcraft and Puritan Beliefs
23
4 Witchcraft and Magic
39
5 The Interrelationship between Popular and Theological Meanings of Witchcraft
53
Witchcraft and Community
6 The Identification of the Malefic Witch
75
7 The Official Response to Popular Demands
96
Witchcraft and the State
The Salem Witchcraft Prosecutions: The Framework for Official Initiative
117
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9 The Salem Witchcraft Prosecutions: The Discovery of Conspiracy
132
10 The Salem Witchcraft Prosecutions: The Invisible World at the Vanishing Point
160
11 Witchcraft in Historical and Sociological Perspective
184
Appendixes
A List of Legal Actions against Witchcraft Prior to the Salem Prosecutions
191
B List of Defamation Suits Involving Witchcraft in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts Bay
204
C List of Persons against Whom Legal Actions Were Initiated during Salem Prosecutions
208
D List of Confessors during Salem Prosecutions
217
E List of Allegations of Ordinary Witchcrafts by Case
219
F List of Persons Diagnosed as Afflicted in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts Bay
222
Notes
225
Bibliography
251
Subject Index
263
Name Index
265
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am sure that I am not alone among those who have engaged in a lengthy project to have occasionally cursed the world for its indifference to the creative process and for its recognition of the creative product only. If I can now look upon these moments with some amusement, it is because there were people who gave me support and criticism when I needed it. Among those who offered encouragement and/or helpful comments on earlier drafts of this manuscript are Jean Burnet, Kai Erikson, Robert Middlekauff, E. William Monter, and Stephen Nissenbaum. Most recently, I am grateful to Barbara Palmer for her careful and painstaking editorial assistance and to Pam Campbell for her assistance on that part of the manuscript that remained after Ms. Palmer's work was completed.
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