Witchcraft and Society in England and America, 1550-1750Marion Gibson A unique collection of materials, including works of literature as well as historical documents, Witchcraft and Society in England and America, 1550-1750 provides a broad view of how witches and magicians were represented in print and manuscript over three centuries. It combines newly annotated selections from famous texts, such as Macbeth, Doctor Faustus, and The Faerie Queene with unjustly obscure ones: portrayals of witchcraft and magic from private papers, court records, and little-known works of fiction. In this rich, broad context, Marion Gibson presents the voices of "witches," accusers, ministers, physicians, poets, dramatists, magistrates, and witchfinders from both sides of the Atlantic. Each text is introduced with a short essay and fully annotated to explain unfamiliar words and concepts, give biographical details of participants and/or authors, and explore the context in which the text was produced. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 56
... ( London , 1582 ) Witchcraft at the Assizes : Northamptonshire 1612 A Brief abstract of the Arraignment of nine ... ( London , 1593 ) 2. Sweeping sceptic Reginald Scot , The Discoverie of Witchcraft ( London , 1584 ) 3. Expert observer John ...
... ( London , 1597 ) 2. Frustrations of a failed witch - hunter 162 Edward Fairfax , ' A Discourse of witchcraft ' ( 1621-2 ) Chapter six : Learned men and magic 171 1. Tragedy 171 Christopher Marlowe , The Tragical History of Dr Faustus ( A ...
... ( London , 1681 ) The ' last word ' in scepticism 240 Francis Hutchinson , An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft ( London , 1718 ) 3. Against the devil's party 242 Daniel Defoe , A System of Magick , or a History of the Black Art ...
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Contents
Witchcraft in the courts | 1 |
The Witchcraft Act 1735 | 7 |
Witchcraft in Elizabethan and Jacobean England | 19 |
English demonologies | 61 |
Sweeping sceptic | 74 |
Expert observer | 90 |
Stage and page witches in literature | 97 |
Tragedy | 112 |
Learned men and magic | 171 |
52 | 182 |
Comedy | 187 |
Magic and money two tricksters | 193 |
A chemical cozener and an astrologer | 199 |
Witchcraft in America | 207 |
Demonologies | 217 |
Decline and change Restoration to | 227 |