Records of the Salem witch-hunt
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Records of the Salem witch-hunt
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 925-970) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book represents a comprehensive record of all legal documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials, in chronological order. Numerous manuscripts, as well as records published in earlier books that were overlooked in other editions, offer a comprehensive narrative account of the events of 1692-3, with supplementary materials stretching as far as the mid-18th century. The book can be used as a reference book or read as an unfolding narrative. All legal records are newly transcribed, and included in this edition is a historical introduction, a legal introduction, and a linguistic introduction. Manuscripts are accompanied by notes that, in many cases, identify the person who wrote the record. This has never been attempted, and much is revealed by seeing who wrote what, when.
Table of Contents
- 1. List of facsimile plates
- 2. General introduction Bernard Rosenthal
- 3. Legal procedures used during the Salem witch trials and a brief history of the published version of the records Richard Trask
- 4. Linguistic introduction Peter Grund, Risto Hiltunen, Leena Kahlas-Tarkka, Merja Kytoe, Matti Peikola and Matti Rissanen
- 5. Editorial principles
- 6. Chronological arrangement Bernard Rosenthal and Margo Burns
- 7. List of the records of the Salem witch hunt
- 8. The records
- 9. Timeline: court of Oyer & Terminer and Superior Court of Judicature
- 10. Biographical notes Marilynne K. Roach
- 11. Works cited
- 12. Acknowledgements
- 13. Index.
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