The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England

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Author: Karlsen, Carol F.

Brand: W. W. Norton & Company

Color: Cream

Edition: 60618th

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 384

Release Date: 17-04-1998

Part Number: 9780393317596

Details: "A pioneer work in…the sexual structuring of society. This is not just another book about witchcraft." ―Edmund S. Morgan, Yale University
Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem.
More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches―vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.

EAN: 9780393317596

Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches

Languages: English

The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England

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    Description

    Author: Karlsen, Carol F.

    Brand: W. W. Norton & Company

    Color: Cream

    Edition: 60618th

    Binding: paperback

    Number Of Pages: 384

    Release Date: 17-04-1998

    Part Number: 9780393317596

    Details: "A pioneer work in…the sexual structuring of society. This is not just another book about witchcraft." ―Edmund S. Morgan, Yale University
    Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem.
    More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches―vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.

    EAN: 9780393317596

    Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches

    Languages: English

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