{"product_id":"the-devils-dominion-magic-and-religion-in-early-new-england-paperback-9780521466707","title":"The Devil's Dominion; Magic and Religion in Early New England (Paperback) 9780521466707","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Devil's Dominion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMagic and Religion in Early New England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed look at the folk magic used by settlers in early New England.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Godbeer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521466707, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 January 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.385 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Godbeer gives a cogent analysis of the political and religious climate that led to the Salem outbreak, acknowledging other historians' extensive work in this area while presenting his own argument in the context of surviving folk practices.' Tides\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Devil's Dominion examines the use of folk magic by ordinary men and women in early New England. The book describes in vivid detail the magical techniques used by settlers and the assumptions which underlaid them. Godbeer argues that layfolk were generally far less consistent in their beliefs and actions than their ministers would have liked; even church members sometimes turned to magic. The Devil's Dominion reveals that the relationship between magical and religious belief was complex and ambivalent: some members of the community rejected magic altogether, but others did not. Godbeer argues that the controversy surrounding astrological prediction in early New England paralleled clerical condemnation of magical practice, and that the different perspectives on witchcraft engendered by magical tradition and Puritan doctrine often caused confusion and disagreement when New Englanders sought legal punishment of witches.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'Magical experiments': divining, healing and destroying in seventeenth-century New England\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'The serpent that lies in the grass unseen': clerical and lay opposition to magic\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Entertaining Satan': sin, suffering, and countermagic\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Sinful curiosity': astrological discourse in early New England\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Insufficient grounds for conviction': witchcraft, the courts, and countermagic\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Rape of a whole colony': the 1692 witch-hunt\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004373061912,"sku":"9780521466707","price":21.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521466707i_47b8c681-5bd2-4e4e-bcdb-31d9dcb4ea9a.jpg?v=1691382552","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-devils-dominion-magic-and-religion-in-early-new-england-paperback-9780521466707","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}