{"product_id":"detestable-and-wicked-arts-new-england-and-witchcraft-in-the-early-modern-atlantic-world-9781501751615","title":"Detestable and Wicked Arts: New England and Witchcraft in the Early Modern Atlantic World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul B. Moyer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetestable and Wicked Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Paul B. Moyer places early New England's battle against black magic in a transatlantic perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e Moyer provides an accessible and comprehensive examination of witch prosecutions in the Puritan colonies that discusses how their English inhabitants understood the crime of witchcraft, why some people ran a greater risk of being accused of occult misdeeds, and how gender intersected with witch-hunting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on witchcraft cases in New England between roughly 1640 and 1670, \u003ci\u003eDetestable and Wicked Arts\u003c\/i\u003e highlights ties between witch-hunting in the New and Old Worlds. Informed by studies on witchcraft in early modern Europe, Moyer presents a useful synthesis of scholarship on occult crime in New England and makes new and valuable contributions to the field.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46453667922071,"sku":"9781501751615","price":4435.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501751615.webp?v=1769145869","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/detestable-and-wicked-arts-new-england-and-witchcraft-in-the-early-modern-atlantic-world-9781501751615","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}