{"product_id":"2940148866480","title":"The Devil in Britain and America","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003eUniversal Belief in the Personality of the Devil, as portrayed by the British Artist—Arguments in Favour of his Personality—Ballad—‘Terrible and Seasonable Warning to Young Men’  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e‘Strange and True News from Westmoreland’—‘The Politic Wife’—‘How the Devill, though subtle, was guld by a Scold’—‘The Devil’s Oak’—Raising the Devil—Arguments in Favour of Devils—The Number of Devils  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e‘The Just Devil of Woodstock’—Metrical Version—Presumed Genuine History of ‘The Just Devil of Woodstock’  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003e‘The Dæmon of Tedworth’  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003e‘The Dæmon of Burton’—‘Strange and Wonderful News from Yowel, in Surrey’—The Story of Mrs. Jermin—A Case at Welton—‘The Relation of James Sherring’ \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eA Demon in Gilbert Campbell’s Family—Case of Sir William York—Case of Ian Smagge—Disturbances at Stockwell  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003ePossession by, and casting out, Devils—The Church and Exorcisms—Earlier Exorcists—‘The Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil of 7 Persons in Lancashire’  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003eJames I. on Possession—The Vexation of Alexander Nyndge—‘Wonderful News from Buckinghamshire’—Sale of a Devil  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003eThe Witch of Endor—The ‘Mulier Malefica’ of Berkeley—Northern Witches  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003eThe Legal Witch—James I. on Witches—Reginald Scot on Witches—Addison on Witches  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003eHow a Witch was made—Her Compact with the Devil—Hell Broth—Homage and Feasting—The Witches’ Sabbat  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003eFamiliar Spirits—Matthew Hopkins, the ‘Witch-finder’—Prince Rupert’s dog Boy—Unguents used for transporting Witches from Place to Place—Their Festivities at the Sabbat  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003eWaxen Figures—Witches change into Animals—Witch Marks—Testimony against Witches—Tests for, and Examination of, Witches  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003eLegislation against Witches—Punishment—Last Executions for Witchcraft—Inability to weep and sink—Modern Cases of Witchcraft  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV.\u003cbr\u003eCommencement of Witchcraft in England—Dame Eleanor Cobham—Jane Shore—Lord Huntingford—Cases from the Calendars of State Papers—Earliest Printed Case, that of John Walsh—Elizabeth Stile—Three Witches tried at Chelmsford—Witches of St. Osyth—Witches of Warboys—Witches of Northamptonshire  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI.\u003cbr\u003eThe Lancashire Witches—Janet Preston—Margaret and Philip Flower—Anne Baker, Joane Willimot, and Ellen Greene—Elizabeth Sawyer—Mary Smith—Joan Williford, Joan Cariden, and Jane Hott  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII.\u003cbr\u003eConfessions of Witches executed in Essex—The Witches of Huntingdon—‘Wonderful News from the North’—Trial of Six Witches at Maidstone—Trial of Four Witches at Worcester—A Lancashire Witch tried at Worcester—A Tewkesbury Witch  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII.\u003cbr\u003eA Case of Vomiting Stones, etc., at Evesham—Anne Bodenham—Julian Cox—Elizabeth Styles—Rose Cullender and Amy Duny  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX.\u003cbr\u003eThe Case of Mary Hill of Beckington—The Confession of Alice Huson—Florence Newton of Youghal—Temperance Lloyd (or Floyd), Mary Trembles, and Susannah Edwards  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX.\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Horner—Pardons for Witchcraft—A Witch taken in London—Sarah Mordike—An Impostor convicted—Case of Jane Wenham—The Last Witch hanged in England  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI.\u003cbr\u003eScotch Witches—Bessie Dunlop—Alesoun Peirson—Dr. John Fian—The Devil a Preacher—Examination of Agnes Sampson—Confession of Issobel Gowdie  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII.\u003cbr\u003eEarly Witchcraft in Scotland—Lady Glamys—Bessie Dunlop—Lady Foulis—Numerous Cases  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIII.\u003cbr\u003eWitchcraft in America—In Illinois: Moreau and Emmanuel—In Virginia: Case of Grace Sherwood—In Pennsylvania: Two Swedish Women—In South Carolina—In Connecticut: Many Cases—In Massachusetts: Margaret Jones; Mary Parsons; Ann Hibbins; Other Cases  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIV.\u003cbr\u003eCotton and Increase Mather—The Case of Goodwin’s Daughter—That of Mr. Philip Smith—The Story","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111675248880,"sku":"2940148866480","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148866480_p0.jpg?v=1763708964","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148866480","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}