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100 1 $aNorton, Mary Beth.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79053720
245 10 $aIn the devil's snare :$bthe Salem witchcraft crisis of 1692 /$cMary Beth Norton.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2002.
300 $a436 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"In January 1692 in Salem Village, Massachusetts, two young girls began to suffer from inexplicable fits. Seventeen months later, after legal action had been taken against 144 people - 20 of them put to death - the ignominious Salem witchcraft trials finally came to an end.".
520 8 $a"Now, Mary Beth Norton - one of our most admired historians - gives us a unique account of the events at Salem, helping us to understand them as they were understood by those who lived through the frenzy. Describing the situation from a seventeenth-century perspective, Norton examines the crucial turning points, the accusers, the confessors, the judges, and the accused, among whom were thirty-eight men.
520 8 $aShe shows how the situation spiraled out of control following a cascade of accusations beginning in mid-April. She explores the role of gossip and delves into the question of why women and girls under the age of twenty-five, who were the most active accusers and who would normally be ignored by male magistrates, were suddenly given absolute credence."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWitchcraft$zMassachusetts.
651 0 $aMassachusetts$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081924
650 0 $aTrials (Witchcraft)$zMassachusetts$zSalem.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010117103
651 0 $aSalem (Mass.)$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85116710
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