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050	0	0	_aBF1576 _b.G37 2022
100	1		_aGaskill, Malcolm, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe ruin of all witches _b: life and death in the New World _c/ Malcolm Gaskill.
264		1	_aUK ; _aUSA : _bAllen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, _c[2022]
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aA voice that said 'death' -- Here we must be happy -- Temptations of desire -- Sleeveless errands -- I hear my child is dead -- Strange dreams -- That dumb dog -- Converse with the devil -- New Witchland -- Epilogue: An end to all affection.
520			_a"A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology. In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing dreams and visions proliferate. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics and the community becomes tangled in a web of distrust, resentment and denunciation. The finger of suspicion soon falls on a young couple with two small children: the prickly brickmaker, Hugh Parsons, and his troubled wife, Mary. Drawing on rich, previously unexplored source material, Malcolm Gaskill vividly evokes a strange past, one where lives were steeped in the divine and the diabolic, in omens, curses and enchantments. The Ruin of All Witches captures an entire society caught in agonized transition between superstition and enlightenment, tradition and innovation"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aParsons, Hugh, _ddied 1685.
650		0	_aWitch hunting _zMassachusetts _zSpringfield _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aWitchcraft
650		0	_aTrials (Witchcraft)
651		0	_aSpringfield (Mass.) _xReligious life and customs.
651		0	_aSpringfield (Mass.) _xSocial life and customs _y17th century.
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