Escaping Salem : the other witch hunt of 1692 /
Tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. This work takes us inside the courtroom - and inside the minds of the...
| Основен автор: | Godbeer, Richard. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Серия: |
New narratives in American history.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120924 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Escaping Salem. |
Съдържание:
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- PROLOGUE: "A WITCH! A WITCH!"
- One: KATHERINE BRANCH'S FITS
- Two: WHO IS IT THAT TORMENTS HER?
- Three: "BY THE LAW OF GOD AND THE LAW OF THE COLONY THOU DESERVEST TO DIE"
- Four: ANGRY SPEECHES AND STRANGE AFFLICTIONS
- Five: WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE
- Six: "PERSISTING IN A NON-AGREEMENT"
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography.