Entertaining Satan Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England,9780195174847

Entertaining Satan Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780195174847
ISBN10: 0195174844
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-10-14
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New Englandduring the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a newPreface that puts forth a broader overview of witchcraft and looks at its place around the world--from ancient times right up to the present.

Author Biography

John Putnam Demos is Samuel Knight Professor of History, Yale University.

Table of Contents

Introduction 3(16)
ONE BIOGRAPHY
``A Desolate Condition''
19(17)
``Peace with No Man''
36(21)
Witches: A Collective Portrait
57(40)
TWO PSYCHOLOGY
``A Diabolical Distemper''
97(35)
``Let Me Do What I Could''
132(21)
Accusers, Victims, Bystanders: The Innerlife Dimension
153(60)
THREE SOCIOLOGY
``The Mind of Our Town''
213(33)
``Hard Thoughts and Jealousies''
246(29)
Communities: The Social Matrix of Witchcraft
275(40)
FOUR HISTORY
``From Generation to Generation''
315(25)
``Hearts Against Hearts''
340(28)
Communities: Witchcraft over Time
368(33)
Appendix: List of Known Witchcraft Cases in Seventeenth-Century New England 401(10)
Notes 411(122)
Subject Index 533(4)
Name Index 537

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