Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils

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book non-fiction work

Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils is a 1693 work by Puritan minister Cotton Mather defending the Salem witch trials and expounding contemporary beliefs about witchcraft and demonic activity in New England.

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Label	Occurrences
"Queen of Hell" by Cotton Mather	1
Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological	1
Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction work ⓘ
associatedWith	American colonial history ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ Puritan clergy ⓘ
author	Cotton Mather ⓘ
authorNationality	New England colonial American ⓘ
authorOccupation	Puritan minister ⓘ
centralTheme	divine providence ⓘ evidence for witchcraft ⓘ operations of the Devil ⓘ spiritual warfare ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Colonial America ⓘ
focusesOn	cases of alleged witchcraft in New England ⓘ legal proceedings against accused witches ⓘ
form	prose ⓘ
genre	polemical work ⓘ religious literature ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle	Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils ⓘ surface form: Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological
historicalContext	Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ late 17th century New England ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important document of Puritan demonology ⓘ influential in shaping perceptions of witchcraft in colonial New England ⓘ key primary source on Salem witch trials ⓘ
intendedAudience	English Protestant readership ⓘ contemporary New England readers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Colonial American literature ⓘ
publicationYear	1693 ⓘ
purpose	defense of the Salem witch trials ⓘ exposition of contemporary beliefs about witchcraft ⓘ exposition of demonic activity in New England ⓘ
religiousTradition	Calvinism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
setting	New England ⓘ
subject	New England religious history ⓘ Puritan theology ⓘ Salem witch trials ⓘ demonology ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ
theologicalPerspective	Puritanism ⓘ
timeOfPublicationRelation	published shortly after the Salem witch trials ⓘ
titleShort	Wonders of the Invisible World ⓘ
viewpointOnWitchcraft	affirms reality of witchcraft and demonic influence ⓘ
viewpointOnWitchTrials	supportive of the court's actions ⓘ

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Wonders of the Invisible World → fullTitle → Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils ⓘ

Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils → hasAlternativeTitle → Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological

Martha Carrier → describedAs → Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Queen of Hell" by Cotton Mather