The Devil of Great Island - Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England (Paperback)

In 1682, ten years before the infamous Salem witch trials, the town of Great Island, New Hampshire, was plagued by mysterious events: strange, demonic noises; unexplainable movement of objects; and hundreds of stones that rained upon a local tavern and appeared at random inside its walls. Town residents blamed what they called "Lithobolia" or "the stone-throwing devil." In this lively account, Emerson Baker shows how witchcraft hysteria overtook one town and spawned copycat incidents elsewhere in New England, prefiguring the horrors of Salem. In the process, he illuminates a cross-section of colonial society and overturns many popular assumptions about witchcraft in the seventeenth century.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2010
First published:	April 2010
Authors:	Emerson W. Baker
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-62387-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Witchcraft Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Witchcraft
LSN:	0-230-62387-5
Barcode:	9780230623873

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