عنوان

Witchcraft in America /

(Number (ISBN

0787648353

(Number (ISBN

9780787648350

Number

b751397

Title Proper

Witchcraft in America /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Peggy Saari ; Elizabeth Shaw, editor.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Detroit :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

U.X.L.,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2001.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxxvii, 235 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Reader's guide -- Research and activity ideas -- Words to know -- Timeline of events -- Almanac. Witchcraft in Europe -- Witch-hunts in Puritan New England -- Salem Town and Salem Village -- Salem witch trials and executions -- The aftermath of the Salem trials -- Neo-paganism -- Primary sources. Heinrich Kramer and Jakob Sprenger: excerpts from Malleus maleficarum (Hammer of witches, 1486) -- Increase Mather: excerpt from "Remarkable providences" (1684) -- Cotton Mather and Ezekial Cheever: the Salem Trials: interrogation of Susannah Martin -- Rebecca Nurse: examination of Rebecca Nurse (1691-92) -- Ann Putnam, Sr.: the testimony of Ann Putnam, Sr. against Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse (1692) -- Thomas Knowlton: Witchcraft 1687: the deposition of Thomas Knowlton -- Cotton Mather: excerpt from The wonders of the invisible world (1693) -- Samuel Sewall: excerpts from the diary entries of Samuel Sewall -- Samuel Sewall: apology of Samuel Sewall (1697) -- Robert Calef: excerpt from More wonders of the invisible world (1700) -- Ann Putnam, Jr.: apology of Ann Putnam, Jr. (1706) -- Nathaniel Hawthorne: excerpt from "Young Goodman Brown" (1846) -- Carl L. Weschke: excerpt from "Principles of Wiccan belief" -- Biographies. Bridget Bishop (1640-1692) -- Robert Calfef (1648-1719) -- Rachel Clinton (b.1629) -- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64) -- Cotton Mather (1663-1728) -- Sameul Parris (1653-1720) -- John Proctor (d. 1692) -- Ann Putnam, Jr. (1680-1717) -- Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) -- Tituba (dates not known).

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Text of Note

Traces the history of witchcraft in the New World, from the hysteria of the Salem witch hunts to the modern-day renaissance of the Wiccan religion.

Title

Witchcraft in America.

Witchcraft-- United States-- History, Juvenile literature.

Witchcraft-- History.

Hekserij.

Hexenglaube

Witchcraft.

Neuengland

United States.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Class number

System Code

System Code

System Code

Saari, Peggy.

Shaw, Elizabeth M.,1973-

Date of Transaction

20201204110609.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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