HST 3401 Primary Document Analysis Form
Your name: Yevgeniya Erdyniyeva
Class section: Mn-Wed 5
Date: 09/28/15
Document title:
Two letter by Gov.Phips
Date of document:
February 21st 1692/93
Author(s):
Governor William Phips
1.Two or three biographical sentences describing author(s):
Governor William Phips of province Salem in early 17th century, who create the court of Oyer and Terminer for witchcraft trials.Due to the fact, that the court did not work legitimately, he suspended the trial writing two letters to the Rt.Honble The Earl of Nottingham.
2.What was the historical context in which the author(s)wrote the document.
The Witchcraft trials at Salem in1692.Nineteen men and women were convicted and executed of witchcraft. Dozens languished in a jail for months without the trials.All this happened due to …show more content…
Write a question to the author that you feel is left unanswered by the document.
Is it the governor did not know about the proceeding methods?
What other methods than spectral evidence, he considered legitimate and sufficient to judge witches.
Why are not senior officials were accused of witchcraft?
And why hysteria covered the province so fast?
5) Describe the information you gathered from the document that is new to you.
People were so religious that even the doctors could not determine a diagnosis and without checking argued that was a witchcraft and nothing else.And for unexplained facts brutally killed the dozens of innocent people.
How on the basis of rumors and false testimony can execute an individual?For the sake of joy or satisfaction?I feel this is nothing else but the travesty of justice.
6)Does this document remain relevant and if so, why so?
From my point of view, this document is relevant, in principle, without this letter this masquerade will continue for a long time, finally thanks to Governor Phips that the spectral evidence was eliminated. We can not accept the fact, that Liet.gov was the main leader of the
Your name: Yevgeniya Erdyniyeva
Class section: Mn-Wed 5
Date: 09/28/15
Document title:
Two letter by Gov.Phips
Date of document:
February 21st 1692/93
Author(s):
Governor William Phips
1.Two or three biographical sentences describing author(s):
Governor William Phips of province Salem in early 17th century, who create the court of Oyer and Terminer for witchcraft trials.Due to the fact, that the court did not work legitimately, he suspended the trial writing two letters to the Rt.Honble The Earl of Nottingham.
2.What was the historical context in which the author(s)wrote the document.
The Witchcraft trials at Salem in1692.Nineteen men and women were convicted and executed of witchcraft. Dozens languished in a jail for months without the trials.All this happened due to …show more content…
Write a question to the author that you feel is left unanswered by the document.
Is it the governor did not know about the proceeding methods?
What other methods than spectral evidence, he considered legitimate and sufficient to judge witches.
Why are not senior officials were accused of witchcraft?
And why hysteria covered the province so fast?
5) Describe the information you gathered from the document that is new to you.
People were so religious that even the doctors could not determine a diagnosis and without checking argued that was a witchcraft and nothing else.And for unexplained facts brutally killed the dozens of innocent people.
How on the basis of rumors and false testimony can execute an individual?For the sake of joy or satisfaction?I feel this is nothing else but the travesty of justice.
6)Does this document remain relevant and if so, why so?
From my point of view, this document is relevant, in principle, without this letter this masquerade will continue for a long time, finally thanks to Governor Phips that the spectral evidence was eliminated. We can not accept the fact, that Liet.gov was the main leader of the