A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials
by
Laurie Winn Carlson
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 1999
This new interpretation of the New England Witch Trials offers an innovative, well-grounded explanation of witchcraft's link to organic illness. While most historians have concentrated on the accused, Laurie Winn Carlson focuses on the afflicted. Systematically comparing the symptoms recorded in colonial...