Bryan Le Beau (University of Saint Mary, Kansas, USA)

The Story of the Salem Witch Trials

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing an accessible and comprehensive overview, The Story of the Salem Witch Trials explores the events between June 10 and September 22, 1692, when nineteen people were hanged, one was pressed to death and over 150 were jailed for practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 228mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780367627171
• ISBN-10: 0367627175
• Artikelnr.: 67261056

Autorenporträt

Bryan F. Le Beau, Ph.D. is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of History from the University of Saint Mary, retired. He is the author of several books on American cultural and religious history, including: A History of Religion in America (2 vols., 2018)

Inhaltsangabe

1. "A Biography of a Terrible but Perfectly Normal Superstition" 2. "Having
Familiarity with the Devil" 3. "The Evil Hand" is upon Them 4. "Is not This
a Brand Plucked from the Burning?" 5. "If They are let Alone We should all
be Devils and Witches" 6. "God will Deliver us out of the Hands of
Unmerciful Men" 7. "God will Give you Blood to Drink" 8. "What a Sad Thing
it is to See Eight Firebrands of Hell Hanging There" 9. "It Were Better
That Ten Suspected Witches Should Escape, Than That One Innocent Person
Should Be Condemned" 10. "Ruined in the Mistaken Management of the Terrible
Affair Called Witchcraft"