Riding the nightmare : women and witchcraft

Introduction - The untold tale. Prologue - The goddess and the witch. Part 1 - Arrival of the devil in Europe. 1 Turmoil in the West. 2 The lady and the saint. 3 The Hammer of Witches. 4 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 5 Woman should be subject. Interlude - Lilith and the monsters of the night. Part 2 - Witch hunting in Britain. 6 The discoverie of witchcraft. 7 Daemonologie. 8 More women, more witches. 9 Witchfinder general. Part 3 - Scapegoats at Salem. 10 This American Jezebel. 11 The "Woeful decade". 12 Contract with the devil. 13 An evil hand. Personal note. 14 Queen of hell. 15 The devil's kingdom. Aftermath

'Using legends, myth, folklore, history, politics, and common sense, Selma Williams shows that from the late Middle Ages until the time of the Salem trials, men used the threat of witchcraft as a way of keeping women from power and from reaping the rewards of their own labors. When men were most fearful of the future, accusations of witchcraft against women were most likely to appear.'

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