{"product_id":"detestable-and-wicked-arts-3","title":"Detestable and Wicked Arts","description":"\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\n\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\n","brand":"Paul B. Moyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573497888950,"sku":"9781501751066","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781501751066.jpg?v=1712138518","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/detestable-and-wicked-arts-3","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}