Beyond Religious Superstition
Through exhaustive research, Mr.Demos provides intellectual insight into the psycho/social/puritan zeitgeist of the 1600's witch mania in Massachusetts and early New England.
His writing style grabs you in the very first chapter and builds as he delves into individual case files, ver batim court records and the historical documents of communities and individuals to search out why witchcraft accusations were viewed as "devine providence" and not simply borne of personal malice.
