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- catalog abstract "From the Publisher: Confessing to "Familiarity with the Devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens, was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. In 1662, Ann Cole was "taken with very strange Fits" and fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events in Salem took place. More than three hundred years later the question still haunts us: Why were these and other women likely witches? Why were they vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft? In this work Carol Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.".
- catalog contributor b10781302.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "From the Publisher: Confessing to "Familiarity with the Devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens, was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. In 1662, Ann Cole was "taken with very strange Fits" and fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events in Salem took place. More than three hundred years later the question still haunts us: Why were these and other women likely witches? Why were they vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft? In this work Carol Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-352) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- 1: New England's witchcraft beliefs -- 2: Demographic basis of witchcraft -- 3: Economic basis of witchcraft -- 4: Handmaidens of the devil -- 5: Handmaidens of the lord -- 6: New England's well-ordered society -- 7: Brands plucked out of the burning -- Epilogue -- Afterword to the Norton paperback edition -- Appendix: List of accused witches -- Notes -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 370 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0393317595".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Norton,".
- catalog spatial "New England".
- catalog spatial "New England.".
- catalog subject "BF1576 .K37 1998".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft New England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft New England.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft Social aspects New England.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- 1: New England's witchcraft beliefs -- 2: Demographic basis of witchcraft -- 3: Economic basis of witchcraft -- 4: Handmaidens of the devil -- 5: Handmaidens of the lord -- 6: New England's well-ordered society -- 7: Brands plucked out of the burning -- Epilogue -- Afterword to the Norton paperback edition -- Appendix: List of accused witches -- Notes -- Index.".
- catalog title "The devil in the shape of a woman : witchcraft in colonial New England / Carol F. Karlsen.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".