Witch Accusations in Seventeenth Century New England -U.S
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Richard Godbeer
Richard Godbeer (Ph.D., Brandeis University) is Professor of History and Director of the Humanities Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of The Devils Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England (Cambridge University Press, 1992); Sexual Revolution in Early America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002); Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692 (Oxford University Press, 2005); The Overflowing of Friendship: Love Between Men and the Creation of the American Republic (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009); and The Salem Witch Hunt: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011). Godbeer is currently working on a joint biography of Elizabeth and Henry Drinker, a Quaker couple who lived in late eighteenth-century Philadelphia.
Table of Contents
Learning Objective
Historical Background
Primary Sources
Cotton Mather, Diary Entry, April 1693: A Minister Interprets the Death of his Infant Son
Testimony against Hugh Parsons, 1649 and 1650: Neighborly Quarrels and Supernatural Vengeance
The Trial of Sarah Good, 1692: An Assertive, Embittered Woman Becomes an Accused Witch
The Trial of Hugh Parsons, 1651–-52: An Abusive, Negligent Husband and Father Bbecomes an Accused Witch
Testimony against Mercy Disborough, 1692: The Use of Countermagic as Revenge against Witchcraft
John Hale’s Testimony against Dorcas Hoar, 1692: Supernatural Expertise as Grounds for Suspicion
The Acquittal of Hugh Parsons, 1652, on Grounds of Insufficient Evidence
Project Questions
Additional Assignments
Additional Resources for Research
Product Updates
Authors
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Richard Godbeer
Richard Godbeer (Ph.D., Brandeis University) is Professor of History and Director of the Humanities Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of The Devils Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England (Cambridge University Press, 1992); Sexual Revolution in Early America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002); Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692 (Oxford University Press, 2005); The Overflowing of Friendship: Love Between Men and the Creation of the American Republic (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009); and The Salem Witch Hunt: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011). Godbeer is currently working on a joint biography of Elizabeth and Henry Drinker, a Quaker couple who lived in late eighteenth-century Philadelphia.
Table of Contents
Learning Objective
Historical Background
Primary Sources
Cotton Mather, Diary Entry, April 1693: A Minister Interprets the Death of his Infant Son
Testimony against Hugh Parsons, 1649 and 1650: Neighborly Quarrels and Supernatural Vengeance
The Trial of Sarah Good, 1692: An Assertive, Embittered Woman Becomes an Accused Witch
The Trial of Hugh Parsons, 1651–-52: An Abusive, Negligent Husband and Father Bbecomes an Accused Witch
Testimony against Mercy Disborough, 1692: The Use of Countermagic as Revenge against Witchcraft
John Hale’s Testimony against Dorcas Hoar, 1692: Supernatural Expertise as Grounds for Suspicion
The Acquittal of Hugh Parsons, 1652, on Grounds of Insufficient Evidence
Project Questions
Additional Assignments
Additional Resources for Research
Product Updates
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Witch Accusations in Seventeenth Century New England -U.S
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