Salem on the Olympic Peninsula: Spectral Evidence in the Witch-Trial of Julie Jaman
Performative trauma, misogyny, and history
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Matthew Hopkins saw demons. His very first affidavit against Elizabeth Clarke attests that she summoned her “imps,” which then appeared one after another as spectral figures of two dogs, a polecat, and …
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