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Publisher : Richard Tomlinson
ISBN 13 : 9780967874012
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Witchcraft Trials of Connecticut written by and published by Richard Tomlinson. This book was released on 1978-12 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Godbeer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195161297
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book Escaping Salem written by Richard Godbeer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turning an eye to a relatively unknown witchcraft trial in Stamford, Connecticut, Godbeer pens a gripping narrative that captures the mindset of colonial New England.
Author : Richard S. Ross III
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476627797
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Before Salem written by Richard S. Ross III and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades before the Salem Witch trials, 11 people were hanged as witches in the Connecticut River Valley. The advent of witch hunting in New England was directly influenced by the English Civil War and the witch trials in England led by Matthew Hopkins, who pioneered "techniques" for examining witches. This history examines the outbreak of witch hysteria in the Valley, focusing on accusations of demonic possession, apotropaic magic and the role of the clergy. Although the hysteria was eventually quelled by a progressive magistrate unwilling to try witches, accounts of the trials later influenced contemporary writers during the Salem witch hunts. The source of the document "Grounds for Examination of a Witch" is identified.
Author : Beth Caruso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692567036
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)
Download or read book One of Windsor written by Beth Caruso and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice, a young woman prone to intuitive insights and loyalty to the only family she has ever known, leaves England for the rigid colony of the Massachusetts Bay in 1635 in hopes of reuniting with them again. Finally settling in Windsor, Connecticut, she encounters the rich American wilderness and its inhabitants, her own healing abilities, and the blinding fears of Puritan leaders which collide and set the stage for America's first witch hanging, her own, on May 26, 1647. This event and Alice's ties to her beloved family are catalysts that influence Connecticut's Governor John Winthrop Jr. to halt witchcraft hangings in much later years. Paradoxically, these same ties and the memory of the incidents that led to her accusation become a secret and destructive force behind Cotton Mather's written commentary on the Salem witch trials of 1692, provoking further witchcraft hysteria in Massachusetts forty-five years after her death. The author uses extensive historical research combined with literary inventions, to bring forth a shocking and passionate narrative theory explaining this tragic and important episode in American history.
Author : David D. Hall
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822382202
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England written by David D. Hall and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superb documentary collection illuminates the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting in seventeenth-century New England. The cases examined begin in 1638, extend to the Salem outbreak in 1692, and document for the first time the extensive Stamford-Fairfield, Connecticut, witch-hunt of 1692–1693. Here one encounters witch-hunts through the eyes of those who participated in them: the accusers, the victims, the judges. The original texts tell in vivid detail a multi-dimensional story that conveys not only the process of witch-hunting but also the complexity of culture and society in early America. The documents capture deep-rooted attitudes and expectations and reveal the tensions, anger, envy, and misfortune that underlay communal life and family relationships within New England’s small towns and villages. Primary sources include court depositions as well as excerpts from the diaries and letters of contemporaries. They cover trials for witchcraft, reports of diabolical possessions, suits of defamation, and reports of preternatural events. Each section is preceded by headnotes that describe the case and its background and refer the reader to important secondary interpretations. In his incisive introduction, David D. Hall addresses a wide range of important issues: witchcraft lore, antagonistic social relationships, the vulnerability of women, religious ideologies, popular and learned understandings of witchcraft and the devil, and the role of the legal system. This volume is an extraordinarily significant resource for the study of gender, village politics, religion, and popular culture in seventeenth-century New England.
Author : John Metcalf Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut, 1647-1697 written by John Metcalf Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1534560394
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The Salem Witch Trials written by Don Nardo and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mass hysteria in the late 17th century led to trials of people suspected to be witches in Salem, Massachusetts. Anyone could be accused of causing mysterious maladies or unfortunate occurrences, such as the death of cattle. Readers discover important facts and captivating details about this fascinating time in American history. The dangers of leveling accusations without proof and succumbing to panic are discussed in this engaging text, which is supplemented with a fact-filled timeline, full-color photographs, and primary sources.
Author : Frances Hill
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468300830
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)
Download or read book Deliverance From Evil written by Frances Hill and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Historian Hill utilizes her extensive research on the Salem Witch Trials to bone-chilling effect in this riveting tale of a town spiraling out of control.” —Booklist Deliverance from Evil brings to life the Salem witch trials, one of the most uncanny times in our nation’s history. Young girls in trances pointed out neighbors, leaders, relatives—over 150 people were arrested, with many hanged for their supposed sins. Frances Hill, author of A Delusion of Satan, brings her deep historical and political understanding together with her honed skills as a novelist to produce a picture of the trials both realistic and emotional. She has written an extraordinary and gripping novel of hysteria, power plays, and love in colonial America. “Frances Hill is a renowned historian of the period who has turned to fiction—with great success—to get into the minds and souls of those involved based, for the most part, on real people. It is hard not to feel oneself caught up in the hysteria and religious fervour of those horrifying events.” —Daily Mail “Hill’s done a fine job with a subject that’s inspired countless accounts, adding historical content that makes this treatment stand out from the rest.” —Publishers Weekly “With her admirable gift for dialogue and her ability to depict a time and place with telling incident, Hill is a welcome recruit to the ranks of historical novelists.” —Historical Novel Society
Author : Cotton Mather
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wonders of the Invisible World written by Cotton Mather and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Suzanne Ress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615662268
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (622 download)
Download or read book The Trial of Goody Gilbert written by Suzanne Ress and published by . This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years before the infamous Salem witch trials, Lydia Gilbert was tried for witchcraft in Connecticut. She had lived peacefully, as a valued healer and magistrate's wife, within her small community for over twenty years, but suddenly something changed. Lydia's neighbors, long-time acquaintances and relatives unexpectedly turned against her, recasting her as a feared social pariah. Based on a true story, Suzanne Ress's novel makes history come alive in surprising, often inexplicable, ways.
Author : Carol F. Karlsen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393347192
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)
Download or read book The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England written by Carol F. Karlsen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998-04-17 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Author : Walter W. Woodward
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493047035
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Creating Connecticut written by Walter W. Woodward and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecticut State Historian Walter Woodward helps us understand how people and events in Connecticut’s past played crucial roles in forming the culture and character of Connecticut today. Woodward, a gifted story-teller, brings the history we thought we knew to life in new ways, from the nearly forgotten early presence of the Dutch, to the time when Connecticut was New England’s fiercest prosecutor of witches, the decades when Connecticans were rapidly leaving the state, and the years when Irish immigrants were hurrying into it. Whether it’s his investigation into the unusually rough justice meted out to Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale, or a peek into Mark Twain’s smoking habits, Creating Connecticut will leave you thinking about our state’s past––and its future––in a whole new way.
Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1543542050
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (435 download)
Download or read book The Salem Witch Trials written by Michael Burgan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid storytelling and authentic dialogue bring American history to life and place readers in the shoes of people who experienced one of the most notorious moments in American history - the Salem Witch Trials. In the spring of 1692, girls in Salem, Massachusetts, accused several local women of witchcraft. The events that followed were marked by mass hysteria and religious extremism and ultimately led to trials, convictions, executions, and many more accusals. Suspenseful, dramatic events unfold in chronological, interwoven stories from the different perspectives of people who experienced the event while it was happening. Narratives intertwine to create a breathless, "What's Next?" kind of read. Students gain a new perspective on historical figures as they learn about real people struggling to decide how best to act in a given moment.
Author : Laurie M. Carlson
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Fever in Salem written by Laurie M. Carlson and published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher. This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laurie Winn Carlson offers an innovative explanation for the madness behind the Salem Witch Trials.
Author : Marion Gibson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317537866
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Witchcraft: The Basics written by Marion Gibson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchcraft: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the scholarly study of witchcraft, exploring the phenomenon of witchcraft from its earliest definitions in the Middle Ages through to its resonances in the modern world. Through the use of two case studies, this book delves into the emergence of the witch as a harmful figure within western thought and traces the representation of witchcraft throughout history, analysing the roles of culture, religion, politics, gender and more in the evolution and enduring role of witchcraft. Key topics discussed within the book include: The role of language in creating and shaping the concept of witchcraft The laws and treatises written against witchcraft The representation of witchcraft in early modern literature The representation of witchcraft in recent literature, TV and film Scholarly approaches to witchcraft through time The relationship between witchcraft and paganism With an extensive further reading list, summaries and questions to consider at the end of each chapter, Witchcraft: The Basics is an ideal introduction for anyone wishing to learn more about this controversial issue in human culture, which is still very much alive today.
Author : Katherine Spada Basto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536978049
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Days to the Gallows written by Katherine Spada Basto and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Salem Witch Trials...in 1662, a witch panic struck Hartford, Connecticut. Seventeen year old Hester Hosmer is a neighbor and friend to Ann Cole, despite Ann's reputation for being "strange" and a mooncalf. One night when Hester tries to drag Ann home from one of her moonlight walks, the girls stumble upon a strange fire-lit gathering on the South Green. But in 1662, such gatherings are strictly forbidden. When a child dies mysteriously, Ann's hysteria begins and she accuses certain townspeople of witchcraft. A witch panic envelopes Hartford and paranoia runs rampant. Hester tries to discourage Ann's hysterics and the more she discovers, the more conflicted she becomes about her own loyalties. Hester's budding romance with Tom, the peddler's son only makes Ann jealous and increases the tension. With the ruthless Marshal Gilbert, the Puritan Elders and the Acting Governor himself at her beck and call, Ann can prove to be a dangerous enemy. After all, anyone in Hartford might be a witch. After years of research, Ms. Spada Basto has brought to life a turbulent and disturbing period of Colonial Connecticut History. It is a time when wolves prowled near the town and superstitions about witches often brought people to an untimely death-hanging by a noose on Gallows' Hill.
Author : Marilynne K. Roach
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781589791329
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (913 download)
Download or read book The Salem Witch Trials written by Marilynne K. Roach and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Salem Witch Trials is based on over twenty-five years of archival research--including the author's discovery of previously unknown documents--newly found cases and court records. From January 1692 to January 1697 this history unfolds a nearly day-by-day narrative of the crisis as the citizens of New England experienced it.
