The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England
by Karlsen, Carol F
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393317595
- ISBN 13
- 9780393317596
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W. W. Norton & Company, 1998. Softcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. 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 witchesâvulnerable 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.
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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England
- Author
- Karlsen, Carol F
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0393317595
- ISBN 13
- 9780393317596
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 5x1x8
- X weight
- 11 oz
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