Witchcraft and Gender in Early Modern Society: Finland and the Wider European Experience

Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents List of Figures and Table List of Maps Preface 1 Introduction The state and power among the peasants Witchcraft, witch trial sand authority Women in and under authority Court records as text 2 The Widow Farmer Witch: Agata Pekatytär 1670-1700 Agata Pekantytär, the mother The widow cotter Inheritances 1671-1674 The plight of the heiress Magic trials The mother Agata Pekantytär, mistress of the farm Farmhold responsibilities Family haven? Shared representation Envious neighbours: witches to trial The village Agata Pekantytär as the reputed witch Gossip Old age The story of a powerful woman? 3 Witches and Power Poor or powerful people? Women between kin and state Power in court Reading the court records Witchcraft representing power Conclusions 4 Work, Status and Power Work as obedience Work as personal worth Witchcraft and skilled work Work and community Gendering work and witchcraft Ownership and control Partnership for power Gendering work and power Conclusions 5 Family, Women’s Status and Power A woman's place Spouses and protection Exclusion from the family Feminisms, witches and patriarchy Regaining the body Idealised mother and maternal power Mother sand grandmothers Conclusions 6 Conclusions: Mother, Wife and Witch Women in court Mothers, house wives Witches Appendix Bibliography Index