Witchcraft at SalemTrial documents and contemporary narratives are used in this discussion of the practice of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England. |
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... Parris , the minister's nine - year- old daughter . She disappeared from Salem Village late in March , when her father sent her to the household of Stephen Sewall in Salem Town , possibly because fits were known to be communicable and ...
... Parris , the minister's nine - year- old daughter . She disappeared from Salem Village late in March , when her father sent her to the household of Stephen Sewall in Salem Town , possibly because fits were known to be communicable and ...
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... Parris would not admit to having been mistaken in specific cases , and he hedged his general apology by saying people might " conceive " he had erred , and that he " may " have been wrong : The matter being so dark and perplexed as that ...
... Parris would not admit to having been mistaken in specific cases , and he hedged his general apology by saying people might " conceive " he had erred , and that he " may " have been wrong : The matter being so dark and perplexed as that ...
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... Parris ' beliefs and conduct in 1692 were the major issue between them . The law , they argued , re- quired them to support only an " orthodox and blameless " min- ister . They complained of Parris that His believing the Devil's ...
... Parris ' beliefs and conduct in 1692 were the major issue between them . The law , they argued , re- quired them to support only an " orthodox and blameless " min- ister . They complained of Parris that His believing the Devil's ...
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1 WITCHCRAFT | 1 |
WITCHCRAFT IN NEW ENGLAND | 12 |
THE RAISING OF THE DEVIL | 30 |
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