Detestable and Wicked Arts - New England and Witchcraft in the Early Modern Atlantic World

Summary

"While interpersonal, local, and regional contexts are critical to the analysis of witch-hunting in early New England, this book shows that a full understanding of the Puritan colonies' battle against black magic can only be achieved by placing it in a trans-Atlantic perspective"--

Product details

• Authors: Paul B. Moyer
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2020
• EAN: 9781501751059
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-5105-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories