America Bewitched. The Story of Witchcraft after Salem. - DAVIES, OWEN
the story of witchcraft after Salem
KORTE INHOUD
Reveals how witchcraft in post-Salem America was not just a matter of scary fireside tales, Halloween legends, and superstitions: it continued to be a matter of life and death. If anything, witchcraft disputes multiplied as hundreds of thousands of immigrants poured into North America, people for whom witchcraft was still a heinous crime. Tells the story of countless murders and many other personal tragedies that resulted from accusations of witchcraft among European Americans--as well as in Native American and African American communities. For instance, the impact of this belief on Native Americans, as colonists--from Anglo-American settlers to Spanish missionaries--saw Indian medicine men as the Devil's agents, potent workers of malign magic. But also reveals that seventeenth-century Iroquois--faced with decimating, mysterious diseases--accused Jesuits of being plague-spreading witches. The book shows how different American groups shaped each other's languages and beliefs, sharing not only our positive cult...
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Original publisher's blue paper-covered boards, white lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: 290pp., illustrations, list illustrations, chapternotes & references, general bibliography, acknowledgements, index. Very fine copy - as new. Oxford-New York, Oxford University Press. 2013 [Auteur: DAVIES, OWEN] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: America Bewitched. The Story of Witchcraft after Salem.]
