Satan and Salem : the witch-hunt crisis of 1692 / Benjamin C. Ray.
Satan and Salem : the witch-hunt crisis of 1692 / Benjamin C. Ray.
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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
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G 2015/3940
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English
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Physical content
xi, 252 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
The stains upon our land -- Samuel Parris and the new covenant -- Tituba's confession -- The village girls who cried "witch!" -- The magistrates -- Reports of witches' meetings -- Thomas Putnam -- Andover -- Confessions -- The apparition and trial of George Burroughs -- Samuel Parris, "the beginner...
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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
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Virginia
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
The result of a perfect storm of factors that culminated in a great moral catastrophe, the Salem witch trials of 1692 took a breathtaking toll on the young English colony of Massachusetts. Over 150 people were imprisoned, and nineteen men and women, including a minister, were executed by hanging. The colonial government, which was responsible for i...
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Satan and Salem : the witch-hunt crisis of 1692 / Benjamin C. Ray.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index.
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G 2015/3940
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74VKRLZWRv6y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRLZWRv6y
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ISBN
0813937078 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813937076 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
133.43097445
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991023148669702626
