Witch-Hunting and the Sadness of Everyday Life: An Alternative Perspective on Early New England (2012-13 Nevins Lecture)
David D. Hall discusses an alternate view of witch-hunting in 17th-century New England, which was often characterized as a titanic struggle between the forces of good and evil. Could those accused of “diabolical possession” actually have been bedeviled by everyday problems such as unmet religious and social needs or family tensions? Hall is professor of New England Church History at Harvard Divinity School.
