Title:
A delusion of Satan : the full story of the Salem witch trials / Frances Hill ; introduction by Karen Armstrong.
Author:
Hill, Frances, 1943-
Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
Publication Information:
New York : Da Capo Press, 2002.
Call Number:
KFM2478.8 .W5 H55 1997
Abstract:
A study of the Salem witch trials applies contemporary psychology to the hysteria of the late 1600s, analyzing the Puritan mind and linking the trials to the "witch hunts" of the twentieth century.
Edition:
2nd Da Capo Press ed.
ISBN:
9780306811593
Physical Description:
xviii, 269 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 1 geneal. table, 1 map ; 23 cm.
General Note:
"With a new preface by the author"--Cover.
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c1995.
Contents:
Introduction -- The Putnam family tree -- Preface -- Sowing the dragon's teeth -- A witch cake -- The hand of Satan -- The nightmare of a religion -- New England night-birds -- A thing like a man -- Brother against brother -- Church of Putnam -- "As breath into the wind" -- The yellow bird -- Secret enemies -- Diabolical malice -- One of you is a devil -- Apparitions of a hundred persons -- A black man with an hat -- Into the unknown -- A wheel within a wheel -- Such horrid lies -- A bold fellow with his hat on -- Loud cries and clamours -- Full of grief -- The hanging tree -- "I know I must die" -- Satan's desire -- The guilt of innocent blood -- Epilogue -- Key persons involved -- Chronology -- The Salem witch-hunt death toll.
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