The Salem witch trials

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Presents some theories regarding factors leading to the seventeenth-century witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, and possible explanations for the behavior and confessions of those accused.

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Full title :The Salem witch trials / Laura Marvel, book editor.

Summary

Presents some theories regarding factors leading to the seventeenth-century witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, and possible explanations for the behavior and confessions of those accused.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Greenhaven Press
Place of Publication:San Diego
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2003.

The Physical Object

Description:144 pages : : illustrations /, maps ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0737708220, 9780737708226, 0737708239, 9780737708233
oclc:ocm48796521
LC Classification:BF1576
Dewey Decimal:133.4/3/097445

Why a Witch-Hunt in Salem in 1692? : Theological and Political Conditions Made Salem Vulnerable / Richard Weisman ; Factional Politics Provoked the Crisis in Salem Village / Bryan F. LeBeau ; The Salem Witch-Hunt was Driven by a Conspiracy / Enders A. Robinson ; Devilish Hypocrites in the Church / Samuel Parris ; Reverend Samuel Parris Triggered the Witch-Hunt / Larry Gragg ; Titubas's Testimony Exacerbated the Witch Hunt / Elaine G. Breslaw -- What Motivated the "Afflicted" Girls? : The Girls were Consummate Actresses / Charles W. Upham ; Hysteria and Fear of Witchcraft Afflicted the Girls / Chadwick Hansen ; The Putnam Family's Accusations: A Case of Psychological Projection / Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum ; The Girls' Possession was a Response to Stifling Social Conditions / Carol F. Karlsen ; The Girls Were Betwitched / Cotton Mather -- Why Would the Innocent Confess? : The Psychological Pressure to Confess During the Hearings / Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum ; Confessions Elicited in the Jails / Larry Gragg ; A Word of Caution About the Validity of Confessions / Mary Easty ; The Use of Torture to Elicit Confessions / John Proctor ; Giles Corey's Silent Indictment of th…

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History Juvenile works Literature Massachusetts -- Salem Procès (Sorcellerie) -- Ouvrages pour l… Salem (Mass.) -- Histoire -- ca 1600-17… Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial pe… Salem (Mass.) -- Juvenile literature. -… Sorcellerie -- Ouvrages pour la jeuness… Trials (Witchcraft) Trials (Witchcraft) -- Juvenile literat… Trials (Witchcraft) -- Juvenile literat… Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts Witchcraft Witchcraft -- Juvenile literature. -- M… Witchcraft -- Juvenile literature. -- S… WITCHCRAFT--MASSACHUSETTS