Remarkable Providences
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Remarkable Providences is a 17th-century collection of accounts of supposed supernatural and witchcraft-related events compiled by Puritan minister Increase Mather, influential in shaping early New England beliefs about the occult.
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| instanceOf |
book
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nonfiction work → witchcraft treatise → |
| author |
Increase Mather
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| compiler |
Increase Mather
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| countryOfOrigin |
Colonial New England
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| describes |
alleged witchcraft cases
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apparitions → extraordinary providences → hauntings → supposed demonic possessions → |
| fieldOfStudy |
American religious history
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Puritan studies → history of witchcraft → |
| genre |
occult literature
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religious literature → witchcraft literature → |
| hasForm |
collection of case reports
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collection of narratives → |
| hasPerspective |
pro-witchcraft-prosecution viewpoint
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providentialist interpretation of misfortune → |
| historicalContext |
Colonial Massachusetts
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early New England Puritan society → |
| influenced |
Puritan interpretations of supernatural events
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beliefs about witchcraft in New England → early New England attitudes toward the occult → |
| intendedAudience |
Puritan clergy
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literate New England laity → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
Puritan theology
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demonology → providence → supernatural phenomena → witchcraft → |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston
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| publicationCentury |
17th century
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| purpose |
to defend belief in supernatural interventions
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to provide evidence of God’s providence → to warn against witchcraft → |
| relatedEvent |
early New England witchcraft scares
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| relatedWork |
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits
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| religiousTradition |
Puritanism
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| supportsView |
divine governance of everyday events
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literal belief in witches → reality of Satanic activity → |
| theologicalStance |
orthodox Puritan
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| timePeriodDescribed |
17th-century New England
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| usedAsSourceBy |
historians of colonial New England
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scholars of witchcraft and demonology → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Increase Mather
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Increase Mather ("An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences") → |
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