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100 1 _aKittredge, George Lyman,
_d1860-1941
245 1 0 _aNotes on witchcraft
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _a"Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American antiquarian society, vol. XVIII."
500 _aRelease date is 2023-06-02
508 _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)
520 _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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: The Davis Press, 1907
653 _aWitchcraft
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/notesonwitchcra00kittgoog/page/n4/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70895
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