Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New EnglandThis superb documentary collection illuminates the history of witchcraft and witch hunting in seventeenth century New England. The cases examined begin in 1638, extend to the Salem outbreak in 1692, and document for the first time the extensive Stamford Fairfield, Connecticut, witch hunt of 16921693. Here one encounters witch hunts through the eyes of those who participated in them: the accusers, the victims, the judges. The original texts tell in