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6 de may. de 2024 · The Salem witch trials (1692–93) were a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted ‘witches’ to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They were part of a long story of witch hunts that began in Europe in the 14th century.
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Hace 5 días · The 1952 Arthur Miller play The Crucible used the Salem witch trials as a metaphor for McCarthyism, suggesting that the process of McCarthyism-style persecution can occur at any time or place.
Hace 2 días · The Salem Witch Trials began in January 1692, when 9-year-old Elizabeth Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams, the daughter and niece of the village‘s minister, Samuel Parris, started experiencing fits, strange behaviors, and mysterious illnesses. As more young girls in the village began to exhibit similar symptoms, local magistrates John ...
Hace 4 días · The number of witch trials in Europe known to have ended in executions is around 12,000. In Early Modern European tradition, witches were stereotypically, though not exclusively, women. European pagan belief in witchcraft was associated with the goddess Diana and dismissed as "diabolical fantasies" by medieval Christian authors.
Hace 5 días · Martha Carrier was accused of witchcraft and hung (one week after her children were examined by the Court) for her "crimes." The Carrier's had four children, two of whom, Sarah and Thomas, were also accused of witchcraft. Sarah's testimony contains several interesting details.
Hace 2 días · As Hutton sets out to explain European witch trials, the devil should have absolute priority; apostasy, rather than witches causing harm, was the central ingredient in the trials spreading across Europe from the 15th century onwards.
