In the Devil's Snare
Title | In the Devil's Snare PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Beth Norton |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2007-12-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 030742636X |
Award-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this startlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study. In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were living in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees—including the main accusers of witches—had fled to communities like Salem. Meanwhile the colony’s leaders, defensive about their own failure to protect the frontier, pondered how God’s people could be suffering at the hands of savages. Struck by the similarities between what the refugees had witnessed and what the witchcraft “victims” described, many were quick to see a vast conspiracy of the Devil (in league with the French and the Indians) threatening New England on all sides. By providing this essential context to the famous events, and by casting her net well beyond the borders of Salem itself, Norton sheds new light on one of the most perplexing and fascinating periods in our history.
A Guide to the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692
Title | A Guide to the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692 PDF eBook |
Author | David C. Brown |
Publisher | Casemate Academic |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Salem (Mass.) |
ISBN | 9780961341503 |
A Storm of Witchcraft
Title | A Storm of Witchcraft PDF eBook |
Author | Emerson W. Baker |
Publisher | Pivotal Moments in American Hi |
Pages | 415 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 019989034X |
Presents an historical analysis of the Salem witch trials, examining the factors that may have led to the mass hysteria, including a possible occurrence of ergot poisoning, a frontier war in Maine, and local political rivalries.
The Witches
Title | The Witches PDF eBook |
Author | Stacy Schiff |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2015-10-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0316200611 |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials. It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an elderly man crushed to death. The panic spread quickly, involving the most educated men and prominent politicians in the colony. Neighbors accused neighbors, parents and children each other. Aside from suffrage, the Salem Witch Trials represent the only moment when women played the central role in American history. In curious ways, the trials would shape the future republic. As psychologically thrilling as it is historically seminal, THE WITCHES is Stacy Schiff's account of this fantastical story-the first great American mystery unveiled fully for the first time by one of our most acclaimed historians.
The Salem Witch Trials
Title | The Salem Witch Trials PDF eBook |
Author | Marilynne K. Roach |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publications |
Pages | 758 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781589791329 |
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.
The Astronomer & the Witch
Title | The Astronomer & the Witch PDF eBook |
Author | Ulinka Rublack |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0198736770 |
In The Astronomer and the Witch, Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one that takes us to the heart of his changing world.
The Salem Witchcraft Trials
Title | The Salem Witchcraft Trials PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Zeinert |
Publisher | Franklin Watts |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Salem (Mass.) |
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A vivid account of the hysteria that enveloped Salem and of the 19 people who lost their lives as a result.