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Entertaining Satan
John Putnam Demos
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Description for Entertaining Satan
Paperback. Illustrates why the early Americans' strange views on witchcraft in the first edition of this Bancroft Prize-winning book still matter to us. This book provides a broader overview of witchcraft and looks at its place around the world. Num Pages: 576 pages, 3 maps, numerous tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new preface that puts forth a broader overview of witchcraft and ... Read more
In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new preface that puts forth a broader overview of witchcraft and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195174830
SKU
V9780195174830
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Ref
99-41
About John Putnam Demos
John Putnam Demos is Samuel Knight Professor of History at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony and The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America.
Reviews for Entertaining Satan
"A book that will rank with the best, a book that shows how much we still may learn from these people. This is not simply a monograph on witchcraft but a major attempt to understand the kind of society and the kind of culture in which witchcraft had a place. Rich in insights."
The New York Review of Books "A remarkable ... Read more
The New York Review of Books "A remarkable ... Read more