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The story of the Salem witch trials : "we walked in clouds and could not see our way" / Bryan F. Le Beau.
Van Pelt Library KFM2478.8.W5 L43 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LeBeau, Bryan F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials (Witchcraft)--Massachusetts--Salem.
- Trials (Witchcraft).
- Massachusetts--Salem.
- Salem (Mass.)--History--Sources.
- Salem (Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2010]
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- Contents:
- Chapter 1 "A Biography of a Terrible But Perfectly Normal Superstition" 1
- The Origins of European Witchcraft 1
- The Development of European Witchcraft 3
- The Great European Witch-hunt 6
- A Summary View of Witch-hunts in England 15
- Chapter 2 "Having Familiarity with the Devil" 21
- Witch-hunts in Seventeenth-Century America 21
- Witch-hunts in Seventeenth-Century New England 22
- Some Notable Witch Trials in Seventeenth-Century New England 30
- The Pattern of Witch-hunt Activity in Seventeenth-Century New England 37
- Chapter 3 "The Evil Hand" Is upon Them 43
- A Glimpse at Salem's Past 43
- The First Signs of the Devil 51
- The Hearings Begin 59
- Chapter 4 "Is Not This a Brand Plucked From the Burning?" 65
- The Cases of Martha and Giles Corey and Dorcas Good 65
- The Case of Rebecca Nurse 71
- Deodat Lawson's Lecture Day Sermon 75
- Sarah Cloyce Is Charged 78
- Mary Easty Is Summoned 80
- The Pace Quickens 82
- Chapter 5 "If They Are Let Alone We Should All Be Devils and Witches" 88
- The Cases of Elizabeth and John Proctor 88
- Mary Warren Tries to Recant 92
- Bridget Bishop and Abigail Hobbs Are Charged 94
- Seven of the Nine Are Formally Charged 97
- The Ordeal Begins for Mary and Philip English 101
- The "Black Minister" Is Apprehended 105
- Dorcas Hoar Is Jailed 111
- Chapter 6 "God Will Deliver Us Out of the Hands of Unmerciful Men" 112
- The Case of George Jacobs Sr. 112
- John Willard Changes Sides 116
- Daniel Andrew Is Charged 119
- The Carys Escape 119
- John Alden Is Arrested 121
- The Andover Witch-hunt 123
- Chapter 7 "God Will Give You Blood to Drink" 131
- The Court of Oyer and Terminer Is Established 133
- Bridget Bishop Is Tried 136
- The Court Completes Its First Session 142
- The First Mass Execution and Its Effects 146
- Chapter 8 "What a Sad Thing It Is to See Eight Firebrands of Hell Hanging There" 149
- The Case of George Burroughs 149
- The Proctors Are Condemned 150
- The Case of George Jacobs Sr., John Willard, and Martha Carrier 152
- The Hangings of August 19 153
- The Trials of September: The Cases of Martha Corey and Mary Easty 155
- The Ordeal of Giles Corey 157
- The Mood in September 1692 161
- The Confessions of 1692 163
- Chapter 9 "It Were Better That Ten Suspected Witches Should Escape, Than That One Innocent Person Should Be Condemned" 168
- Voices Are Raised in Opposition to the Trials 169
- Phips Dismisses the Court of Oyer and Terminer 173
- The Jails Are Emptied 177
- The Superior Court of Judicature 179
- The Magistrates and the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Guilty As Charged? 182
- Chapter 10 "Ruined in the Mistaken Management of the Terrible Affair Called Witchcraft" 186
- Cotton Mather and His "Wonders of the Invisible World" 187
- Salem in Ruins 193
- The Repenting Begins 199
- Settling Up 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-252) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1939 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780205690299
- 0205690297
- OCLC:
- 268789177
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