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Signing the Diabolical Pact: Aspects of Supernatural Written Communication in Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692-1693
Tekijät: Matti Peikola
Toimittaja: Simon Rosenberg, Sandra Simon
Julkaisuvuosi: 2014
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Material Moments in Book Cultures: Essays in Honour of Gabriele Müller-Oberhäuser
Aloitussivu: 35
Lopetussivu: 50
ISBN: 978-3-631-64794-3
eISBN: 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.
