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The Penguin book of witches, edited by Katherine Howe

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

The Penguin book of witches

bibliography

874970325

edited by Katherine Howe

Penguin classics

"Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America: from a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl with a rock and buried with a stake through her heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so often accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court on charges of slander; and Increase Mather, an exorcism-performing minister famed for his knowledge of witches, this volume provides a unique tour through the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft."--Publisher

Introduction / Katherine Howe -- English antecedents -- Witches in the Bible -- Trial of Ursula Kemp, St. Osyth, England, 1582 -- The discouerie of witchcraft, 1584 / Reginald Scott -- A dialogue concerning witches and witchcraftes, 1593 / George Gifford -- Daemonologie, 1597 / King James I -- A discourse of the damned art of witchcraft, 1608 / William Perkins -- The early colonies -- Joan Wright, Chesapeake Region, Virginia, 1626 -- Jane James, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1648 -- Ralph and Mary Hall, Setauket, New York, 1665 -- Eunice Cole, Hampton, Massachusetts, Later New Hampshire, 1647-1680 -- Mary Philips, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1659 -- John Godfrey, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1659-1665 -- Rebecca and Nathaniel Greensmith, Hartford, Connecticut, 1662 -- A tryal of witches, Bury St. Edmunds, England, 1662 -- Katherine Harrison, Weyersfield, Connecticut, and Westchester, New York, 1669 -- Possession of Elizabeth Knapp, Groton, Massachusetts, 1671-1672 -- Rebecca Fowler, Calvert county, Maryland, 1685 -- Goodwife Glover, Boston, Massachusetts, 1688 -- Salem -- Warrant for the apprehension of Sarah Good, and officer's return, Monday, February 29, 1692 -- Warrant for the apprehension of Sarah Osburn and Tituba, and officer's return, Monday, February 29, 1692 -- Examinations of Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn , and Tituba, Tuesday, March 1, 1692 -- Two examinations of Tituba, as recorded, Tuesday, March 1 and Wednesday, March 2, 1692 / Jonathan Corwin -- The suspicion of Martha Cory, Monday, March 21, 1692 -- The accusation of Rebecca Nurse, Thursday, March 24, 1692 -- Warrant for the apprehension of Rachel Clinton, with summons for witnesses, and officer's return, Tuesday, March 29, 1692 -- Deposition of Thomas Knowlton Jr. versus Rachel Clinton -- Bridget Bishop, Tuesday, April 19, 1692 -- The notorious Giles Cory, Tuesday, April 19, 1692 -- Examinations of Abigail Hobbs in prison, Wednesday, April 20, 1692 -- Susannah Martin and her poor reputation, Monday, May 2, 1692 -- Statement of Elizabeth Hubbard versus George Burroughs, Monday, May 9, 1692 -- Establishing the Court of Oyer and Terminer for Suffolk, Essex, and Middlesex Counties, Friday, May 27, 1692 -- Martha Carrier, Queen of Hell, Tuesday, May 31, 1692 -- Statement of Sarah Ingersoll and Ann Andrews regarding Sarah Churchill, June 1, 1692 -- After Salem -- The apology of Samuel Sewall, January 14, 1697 -- The apology of the Salem Jury, 1697 -- More wonders of the invisible world, 1700 / Robert Calef -- A case of poisoning in Albany, New York, 1700 -- A modest enquiry into the nature of witchcraft, 1702 / John Hale -- The trial of Grace Sherwood, Princess Anne County, Virginia, 1705-1706 -- Mob justice in the South, 1712 -- Littleton, Massachusetts, 1720 -- Boston, Massachusetts, 1728 -- New York, New York, 1737, 1741 -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1787 -- Moll Pitcher, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1738-1813