Salem Possessed - The Social Origins of Witchcraft

The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion which had been growing for more than a generation before building toward the climactic witch trials. "Salem Possessed explores the lives of the men and women who helped spin that web and who in the end found themselves entagled in it.

About the author

Paul Boyer was Merle Curti Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.Stephen Nissenbaum is a cultural historian.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Boyer, Stephen Nissenbaum, Nissenbaum Stephen
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1976
• EAN: 9780674785267
• ISBN: 978-0-674-78526-7
• Weight: 231 g
• Illustrations: 9 charts, 7 maps
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Witchcraft, RELIGION / Wicca, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought, Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought, Sociology and anthropology