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The devil in the shape of a woman : witchcraft in colonial New England by Carol F. Karlsen is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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**"A pioneer work in...the sexual structuring of society. This is not just another book about witchcraft." —Edmund S. Morgan, Yale University** Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem. More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches—vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.

Who reads The devil in the shape of a woman : witchcraft in colonial New England?

Author

Carol F. Karlsen

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393347197

Category

history

Subjects

Philosophy, Psychology, History

Rating

3.76 / 5 (993 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14