The Salem Witch Trials ReaderHachette Books, 19 paź 2000 - 440 Against the backdrop of a Puritan theocracy threatened by change, in a population terrified not only of eternal damnation but of the earthly dangers of Indian massacres and recurrent smallpox epidemics, a small group of girls denounces a black slave and others as worshipers of Satan. Within two years, twenty men and women are hanged or pressed to death and over a hundred others imprisoned and impoverished. In The Salem Witch Trials Reader, Frances Hill provides and astutely comments upon the actual documents from the trial--examinations of suspected witches, eyewitness accounts of "Satanic influence," as well as the testimony of those who retained their reason and defied the madness. Always drawing on firsthand documents, she illustrates the historical background to the witchhunt and shows how the trials have been represented, and sometimes distorted, by historians--and how they have fired the imaginations of poets, playwrights, and novelists. For those fascinated by the Salem witch trials, this is compelling reading and the sourcebook. |
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... England torture was never systematically used to elicit con- fessions , as it was on the continent , though strong pressure might be applied by keeping prisoners in dreadful conditions , interrogating them repeatedly , and depriving ...
... England , or by what other law , wants to be determined ; the executions seemed mixed , in pressing to death for not pleading , which most agrees with the laws of England , and sentencing women to be hanged for witchcraft , according to ...
... England ; Perkins and other Nonconformists were earlier ; but the great authority was that of Sir Matthew Hale , revered in New England , not only for his knowledge in the law , but for his gravity and piety . The trial of the witches ...
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Witchcraft | 3 |
The Massachusetts Bay Colony | 25 |
PART II | 55 |
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