The enemy within : 2,000 years of witch-hunting in the Western world /

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by Demos, John.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : Viking, (New York :) Physical details: 318 p. ; 23 cm. Subject(s): Witch hunting Year : 2008 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Charlottetown Rural High School 133.4 DEM Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-307) and indexes.

Martyrs of Lyons: a story from the beginning -- A witch-hunting panorama, 1500-1750 -- The Malleus maleficarum: a book and its travels -- Windsor, CT, 1654: a town under attack by Satan -- Witch-hunting in the American colonies, 1607-1692 -- Mary Parsons: a life under suspicion -- Rebecca Nurse: a "witch" and her trials -- The most famous witch-hunt of all, 1692-93 -- Rev. Cotton Mather: a minister and his demons -- Anti-Masonry: a politics of panic -- A saga of scares, 1700-2000 -- Fells Acres Day School: a question of abuse.