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Overview
... the witch's heart was to be melted too; then nails were driven into a butt and it was rolled downhill, to torture the witch further; she was killed by this treatment and showed the marks. In Yorkshire, in the eighteenth century, a cow's ...Synopsis
Breslaw (history, U. of Tennessee) has created a fascinating reader--for undergraduate classes in history, anthropology, religious studies, or women's studies--surveying the subject of witches, witch hunts, and the larger political context of both. The sections, which cover Christian perspectives, non-Christian beliefs, diabolical possession, issues of gender, and a lengthy section on the Salem witch trials, each include an introduction by Breslaw, primary sources, then secondary commentaries on the sources. The latter are excerpts from books and articles. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, ORBook Details
Published
September 1, 2000
Publisher
NYU Press
Pages
535
ISBN
9780814798508