Signing the Diabolical Pact: Aspects of Supernatural Written Communication in Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692-1693



: Matti Peikola

: Simon Rosenberg, Sandra Simon

: 2014

: Material Moments in Book Cultures: Essays in Honour of Gabriele Müller-Oberhäuser

: 35

: 50

: 978-3-631-64794-3

: 978-3-653-03623-7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-03623-7


Documents from the Salem witch-trials testify to a richly imagined written culture related to making a pact with the Devil. This paper discusses the materiality of the pact as described by suspected witches ad magistrates, suggesting some influences that may have shaped their accounts.




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