The Salem Witch Hunt
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Author | : Richard Godbeer |
Publisher | : Macmillan Higher Education |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-12-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1319104886 |
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The Salem witch trials stand as one of the infamous moments in colonial American history. More than 150 people -- primarily women -- from 24 communities were charged with witchcraft; 19 were hanged and others died in prison. This second edition continues to explore the beliefs, fears, and historical context that fueled the witch panic of 1692. In his revised introduction, Richard Godbeer offers coverage of the convulsive ergotism thesis advanced in the 1970s and a discussion of new scholarship on men who were accused of witchcraft for explicitly gendered reasons. The documents in this volume illuminate how the Puritans' worldview led them to seek a supernatural explanation for the problems vexing their community. Presented as case studies, the carefully chosen records from several specific trials offer a clear picture of the gender norms and social tensions that underlie the witchcraft accusations. New to this edition are records from the trial of Samuel Wardwell, a fortune-teller or "cunning man" whose apparent expertise made him vulnerable to suspicions of witchcraft. The book's final documents cover recantations of confessions, the aftermath of the witch hunt, and statements of regret. A chronology of the witchcraft crisis, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography round out the book's pedagogical support.
Author | : Marc Aronson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2005-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1416903151 |
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A look at the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in the 17th century that claimed twenty-five lives and its impact on the community.
Author | : Marilynne K. Roach |
Publisher | : Taylor Trade Publications |
Total Pages | : 758 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781589791329 |
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The Salem Witch Trials is based on over twenty-five years of archival research--including the author's discovery of previously unknown documents--newly found cases and court records. From January 1692 to January 1697 this history unfolds a nearly day-by-day narrative of the crisis as the citizens of New England experienced it.
Author | : Bernard Rosenthal |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-01-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521661668 |
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This book offers a comprehensive record of legal documents written in 1692 and 1693 in connection with the Salem witch trials. It is the most comprehensive edition of those records ever published, and includes for the first time the records in chronological order, all newly transcribed from the original manuscripts
Author | : Stephen Krensky |
Publisher | : Random House Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780394819235 |
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About the Salem Witch Hunt which took place in Massachusetts in 1692.
Author | : Benjamin C. Ray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780813939926 |
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This book looks beyond single-factor interpretations to offer a far more nuanced view of why the Salem witch-hunt spiraled out of control. Rather than assigning blame to a single perpetrator, Ray assembles portraits of several major characters, each of whom had complex motives for accusing his or her neighbors. In this way, he reveals how religious, social, political, and legal factors all played a role in the drama.
Author | : Richard Godbeer |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195161297 |
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Turning an eye to a relatively unknown witchcraft trial in Stamford, Connecticut, Godbeer pens a gripping narrative that captures the mindset of colonial New England.
Author | : Richard Hite |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-08-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781594164378 |
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Based on extensive primary source research, In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692, by historian and archivist Richard Hite, tells for the first time the fascinating story of this long overlooked phase of the largest witch hunt in American history. Untangling a net of rivalries and ties between families and neighbors, the author explains the actions of the accusers, the reactions of the accused, and their ultimate fates. In the process, he shows how the Andover arrests prompted a large segment of the town's population to openly oppose the entire witch hunt and how their actions played a crucial role in finally bringing the 1692 witchcraft crisis to a close.
Author | : Bryan F. Le Beau |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2016-05-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1315509032 |
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Between June 10 and September 22, 1692, nineteen people were hanged for practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. One person was pressed to death, and over 150 others were jailed, where still others died. The Story of the Salem Witch Trials is a history of that event. It provides a much needed synthesis of the most recent scholarship on the subject, places the trials into the context of the Great European Witch-Hunt, and relates the events of 1692 to witch-hunting throughout seventeenth century New England. This complex and difficult subject is covered in a uniquely accessible manner that captures all the drama that surrounded the Salem witch trials. From beginning to end, the reader is carried along by the author’s powerful narration and mastery of the subject. While covering the subject in impressive detail, Bryan Le Beau maintains a broad perspective on events, and wherever possible, lets the historical characters speak for themselves. Le Beau highlights the decisions made by individuals responsible for the trials that helped turn what might have been a minor event into a crisis that has held the imagination of students of American history.
Author | : Captivating History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2019-08-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781950922673 |
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Decades after witch-hunting had begun to die down in Europe, North America was about to witness its bloodiest witch hunt in history. The Massachusetts of 1692 was a very different one to the state we know today. Populated by colonists, many of them a generation or less from life in an England bathed in religious turmoil,