Introduction: Possession, Gender, and Power

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: Possession, Gender, and Power 1
5. 1 Discerning Demonic Possession and Witchcraft- Possession in Early Modern England 13
6. 2 Engendering English Witchcraft- Possession: The Samuel Family in Warboys 37
7. 3 Disputing Possession in England: Samuel Harsnett versus John Darrell 67
8. 4 Engendering New England Witchcraft- Possession: George Burroughs in Salem 94
9. 5 Disputing Possession in New England: Robert Calef versus Cotton Mather 133
10. Epilogue: Continuity and Patriarchy at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century 169
11. Notes 177
12. Index 215
13. About the Author 225