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03200aam a2200433 i 4500 001 6C3D5B5A4A8111E7A5A8299FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170606010538 008 141123s2015 vauab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014036306 020 $a 0813937086 020 $a 9780813937083 020 $a 0813937078 020 $a 9780813937076 035 $a (OCoLC)898087523 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d HIR $d GTA $d COO $d OCLCO $d YUS $d OCLCQ $d BKL $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ma 050 00 $a BF1575 $b .R28 2015 082 00 $a 133.4/3097445 $2 23 100 1 $a Ray, Benjamin C., $d 1940- 245 10 $a Satan and Salem : $b the witch-hunt crisis of 1692 / $c Benjamin C. Ray. 264 1 $a Charlottesville : $b University of Virginia Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xi, 252 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index. 505 0 $a The stains upon our land -- Samuel Parris and the new covenant -- Tituba's confession -- The village girls who cried "witch!" -- The magistrates -- Reports of witches' meetings -- Thomas Putnam -- Andover -- Confessions -- The apparition and trial of George Burroughs -- Samuel Parris, "the beginner and procurer" -- Blame and shame -- Mapping the Salem witch trials -- Indians, Africans, gender, and the "black man" -- A note on court records, dates, and names. 520 $a The result of a perfect storm of factors that culminated in a great moral catastrophe, the Salem witch trials of 1692 took a breathtaking toll on the young English colony of Massachusetts. Over 150 people were imprisoned, and nineteen men and women, including a minister, were executed by hanging. The colonial government, which was responsible for initiating the trials, eventually repudiated the entire affair as a great "delusion of the Devil." This book looks beyond single-factor interpretations to offer a far more nuanced view of why the Salem witch-hunt spiraled out of control. Rather than assigning blame to a single perpetrator, Ray assembles portraits of several major characters, each of whom had complex motives for accusing his or her neighbors. In this way, he reveals how religious, social, political, and legal factors all played a role in the drama. Ray's historical database of court records, documents, and maps yields a unique analysis of the geographic spread of accusations and trials, ultimately showing how the witch-hunt resulted in the execution of so many people--far more than any comparable episode on this side of the Atlantic. -- Publisher description. 650 0 $a Witch hunting $z Salem $z Salem $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Witchcraft $z Salem $z Salem $x History. 650 7 $a Witch hunting. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01747420 650 7 $a Witchcraft. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176327 651 7 $a Massachusetts $z Salem. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205839 648 7 $a 1600-1699 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525041315.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217024445.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6C3D5B5A4A8111E7A5A8299FDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IOOInitiate Another SILO Locator Search