Cases of male witchcraft in old and new England, 1592 - 1692:

This study explores cases in which men were accused of witchcraft in England and the British colonies of New England between 1592 and 1692. Using a series of case studies that begin in Elizabethan Norfolk and end with the Salem trials in Massachusetts, this book examines six individual male witches...

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1. Verfasser: Kent, E. J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Turnhout Brepols 2013
Schriftenreihe:Late medieval and early modern studies 13
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Zusammenfassung:This study explores cases in which men were accused of witchcraft in England and the British colonies of New England between 1592 and 1692. Using a series of case studies that begin in Elizabethan Norfolk and end with the Salem trials in Massachusetts, this book examines six individual male witches and argues they are best understood as masculine witches, not feminized men. Each case considers the social circumstances of the male witch as a gendered context for the accusations of witchcraft against him
Beschreibung:190 S.
ISBN:9782503524740