Salem Possessed

  • Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft
    By Paul Boyer, Stephen Nissenbaum

    A study of the Puritan village and the people involved in the witch trials of 1692 provides insight into the causes and implications of this notorious episode in American history

  • SALEM POSSESSED
    By Paul Boyer

    The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion which climaxed in the Salem witch trials From rich and varied sources—many neglected and unknown—Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum give us a ...

  • Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft
    By Paul S. Boyer

    Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft

  • Salem Possessed
    By Paul Boyer

    The Social Origins of Witchcraft Paul Boyer. mentioned, 209 Mather, Rev. Increase, on w. evidence (in ... Samuel; entries for other individual ministers “Modell of Christian Charity.” See Winthrop, John Modest Enquiry Into the Nature of ...

  • Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft
    By Paul S. Boyer, Stephen Nissenbaum

    Behind the stark events of 1692 hides a complex web of human passion that had been growing for generations before building toward the climactic witch trials. Salem Posessed explores the...