A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials

Carlson, Laurie Winn

ISBN 10: 1566632536 / ISBN 13: 9781566632539

Edité par Ivan R. Dee (edition First Edition), 1999

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials
• Éditeur: Ivan R. Dee (edition First Edition)
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1566632536
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781566632539
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

A reinterpretation of the events in Salem in 1692 reveals a medical cause for the strange symptoms that afflicted Salem residents and that were explained at the time as evidence of witchcraft

Présentation de l'éditeur

This new interpretation of the New England Witch Trials offers an innovative, well-grounded explanation of witchcraft's link to organic illness. While most historians have concentrated on the accused, Laurie Winn Carlson focuses on the afflicted. Systematically comparing the symptoms recorded in colonial diaries and court records to those of the encephalitis epidemic in the early twentieth century, she argues convincingly that the victims suffered from the same disease. "A unique blend of historical epidemiology and sociology". -Katrina L. Kelner, Science. "Meticulously researched. . .the author marshalls her arguments with clarity and persuasive force". -New Yorker.