Salem Witchcraft Trials

In late seventeenth-century New England, the eternal battle between God and Satan was brought into the courtroom....
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Author: Peter Charles Hoffer
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Language: English
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Salem Witchcraft Trials by Hoffer, Peter Charles

Salem Witchcraft Trials

BD$62.56

Salem Witchcraft Trials

BD$62.56
Author: Peter Charles Hoffer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In late seventeenth-century New England, the eternal battle between God and Satan was brought into the courtroom. Between January 1692 and May 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, neighbors turned against neighbors and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft, and nineteen people were hanged for having made pacts with the devil.

Peter Charles Hoffer, a historian long familiar with the Salem witchcraft trials, now reexamines this notorious episode in American history and presents many of its legal details in correct perspective for the first time. He tells the real story of how religious beliefs, superstitions, clan disputes, and Anglo-American law and custom created an epidemic of accusations that resulted in the investigation of nearly two hundred colonists and, for many, the ordeal of trail and incarceration. He also examines life during this crisis period of New England history--a time beset by Indian wars, disease, severe weather, and challenges to Puritan hegemony--to show how an atmosphere of paranoia contributed to this outbreak of persecution.

Hoffer examines every aspect of this history, from accusations to grand jury investigations to the conduct of the trials themselves. He shows how rights we take for granted today--such as rules of evidence and a defendant's right to legal counsel--did not exist in colonial times, and he demonstrates how these cases relate to current instances of children accusing adults of abuse.

The Salem Witchcraft Trials, a concise history written expressly for students and general readers, contains much new material not found in the author's earlier work. It sheds important light on the period and shows that our horror of these infamous proceedings must be tempered with sympathy for a people who gave in to panic in the face of a harsh and desolate existence.

Author: Peter Charles Hoffer
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 10/08/1997
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.49w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780700608591

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