The Devil's Disciples: The Makers of the Salem Witchcraft Trials - Couverture souple

Hoffer, Prof Peter Charles Charles

 
9780801852015: The Devil's Disciples: The Makers of the Salem Witchcraft Trials
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ISBN 10 : 0801852013 ISBN 13 : 9780801852015
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Honorable Mention in the History Category for the Professional and Scholarly Book Award

Mention the term witch hunt, and Salem, Massachusetts, springs to mind—and with it the power of superstition, the danger of mob mentality, and our natural fear of gross injustice. For more than a year, between January 1692 and May 1693, the men and women of Salem village lived in heightened fear of witches and their master, the Devil. Hundreds were accused of practicing witchcraft. Many suspects languished in jail for months. Nineteen men and women were hanged; one was pressed to death. Neighbors turned against neighbors, children informed on their parents, and ministers denounced members of their congregations. How could a settled community turn so viciously against itself? Why were certain persons accused and condemned while others were not? And why did the incidents of Salem occur where and when they did?

Approaching the subject as a legal and social historian, Peter Charles Hoffer offers a fresh look at the Salem outbreak based on recent studies of panic rumors, teen hysteria, child abuse, and intrafamily relations. He brings to life a set of conversations—in taverns and courtrooms, at home and work—which took place among suspected witches, accusers, witnesses, and spectators. The accusations, denials, and confessions of this legal story eventually resurrect the tangled internal tensions that lay at the bottom of the Salem witch hunts.

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À propos de l?auteur

Peter Charles Hoffer is a distinguished research professor of history at the University of Georgia. He is the author of many books, including Sensory Worlds in Early America and Law and People in Colonial America.

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Éditeur
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801852013
ISBN 13 
9780801852015
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0801852005 ISBN 13 :  9780801852008
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996
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