From the Book - First Scribner hardcover edition
Introduction: what is a witch? --
Part one: origins. The trial of Helena Scheuberin: a demonologist hammers witches --
The trial of the North Berwick witches: a king delights in demonology --
The trial of the Vardø witches: demonology at Europe's colonial edge --
The trial of Joan Wright: practical magic and America's first witch --
The trial of Bess Clarke: disability and demonic families in the English Civil War --
The trial of Tatabe: slavery and survival on the Salem frontier --
Intermission: From demonology to doubt --
Part two: echoes. The trial of Marie-Catherine Cadière: witches reimagined and a French Revolution --
The trial of Montague Summers: Satanism, sex, and demonology reborn --
The trial of John Blymyer: powwow and poverty in Pennsylvania --
The trial of Nellie Duncan: witchcraft acts and World War II --
The trial of Bereng Lerotholi and Gabashane Masupha: magical murder at the end of European Empire --
Intermission: Witch trials today --
Part three: transformations. The trial of "Shula": witchcraft in Africa --
The trial of Stormy Daniels: witchcraft in North America --
Epilogue: so, what is a witch now?