European University Institute Library

Records of the Salem witch-hunt, general editor, Bernard Rosenthal ; associate editors, Gretchen A. Adams [and ten others] ; project manager, Margo Burns

eng

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non fiction

Records of the Salem witch-hunt

electronic resource

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1043408293

general editor, Bernard Rosenthal ; associate editors, Gretchen A. Adams [and ten others] ; project manager, Margo Burns

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

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.--, Provided by publisher

List of facsimile plates -- General introduction / Bernard Rosenthal -- Legal procedures used during the Salem witch trials and a brief history of the published versions of the records / Richard B. Trask -- Linguistic introduction / Peter Grund ... [et al.] -- Editorial principles -- Chronological arrangement / Bernard Rosenthal and Margo Burns -- Records of the Salem witch-hunt