02543cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000400012624500240016626400510019030000470024133600260028833700260031433800360034050000860037650000310046250801850049352013110067853400640198965300150205385600750206885600430214399900190218670895UtSlPG20260610134635.0mcr n260607r20231907utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a15003715  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aBF1 aKittredge, George Lyman,d1860-194110aNotes on witchcraft 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  a"Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American antiquarian society, vol. XVIII."  aRelease date is 2023-06-02  aCarol Brown, Carla Foust and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"Notes on Witchcraft" by George Lyman Kittredge is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work focuses on the witchcraft phenomenon in New England, particularly the Salem Witch Trials, providing an analysis of the sociocultural context of witchcraft beliefs and how they manifested during this period. Kittredge aims to explore the belief in witchcraft as a universal human concern rather than an anomaly of Puritan thought, emphasizing that the events at Salem should be interpreted within the broader historical framework of witchcraft.  The opening of the book discusses the historical tendency to view New England colonists as uniquely separated from European thought patterns, particularly concerning beliefs in witchcraft. Kittredge sets the stage by asserting that witchcraft was a globally recognized superstition, not exclusive to Puritan belief, and that the events of 1692 should be viewed as part of a larger pattern of witch trials throughout history. He critiques the idea that the Salem witch trials were driven by uncommon fanaticism, arguing instead that they were emblematic of the broader societal beliefs and tensions of the time, shaped by the shared fears and influences that permeated 17th-century thought globally. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: The Davis Press, 1907  aWitchcraft4 uhttps://archive.org/details/notesonwitchcra00kittgoog/page/n4/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70895  c111621d111621