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When abnormal events started taking places during the late 1500s and early 1600s, many early Puritans associated it with the Anti-Christ's work and deemed it as demonic and sinister. Witchcraft then became illegal since 1563 and hundreds of innocent women were wrongly accused and punished. This kind of event also took place in a small town in Salem, Massachusetts where a collection of girls fell ill and it was not long before the girls, and many other residents of Salem began to accuse other…

TIMELINE. Of the Salem Witch Trials From 1623 -1692 1623-24— The Fishing settlement was established. 1692— The Daughter and the Niece of reverend Samuel Parris become ill. ~~ William Griggs (Doctor) thought the illness was witchcraft. Which led to the hanging of nineteen men and women accused of witchcraft. ~~ People in Salem had a strong thought that the devil often possessed them. ~~ They filled prison full of people (about 150 people) Who were also, accused of witchcraft. June 1692 – meeting…

This essay will asses how appropriate the label ‘gendercide’ is in reference to the witch-hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In order to do this, this essay will discuss in detail how ‘witches were found and tried, what exactly a ‘witch’ was, and what their punishments were. Witch-hunts were widespread in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe had seen many changes within societies; this was mainly due to religion,…

Shamanism in its general sense, is a system of techniques and practices which allow the practitioner (shaman), to move beyond the ordinary world. The reasons for ancient shamans “moving to the beyond” included finding information about the weather, migration patterns of animals for hunting, which plants were edible or had healing properties, methods of healing, inspiration and instruction for making practical or sacred objects, and generally finding out how the Universe worked. The word “shaman”…

Numerous people see the Puritans as an incredibly austere religious group. Membership to most Puritan communities was granted only to those who lead solemn and principled lives (Heyrman). Women were confined to their homes to take on motherly duties, while men were involved all political, spiritual, and communal decisions (Bruno). During the late 16th century, women in Puritan communities were inferior to men. Though women played a significant role in society, it is clear they were not given the…

The Salem witchcrafts, consisted as multiple demonic spirits tortured a pure, God fearing soul, in retaliation to uneasy affairs with the servants’ guardian family. While reading Escaping Salem, I gathered that in this earlier century, England was known to be very traditional, family-oriented, and deeply invested in their Puritan religion, women were also considered a substitution for men, in terms of labor. Along with collecting information from online resources, about how these witch trials…

The Witches Hammer/Hammer of Witches The Witches Hammer is the English Translation for the Malleus Maleficarum (Latin) or Der Hexenhammer (German) this is the infamous book which was written in 1486 by two monks and theology professors, Heinrich Kramer, an inquisitor of the Catholic Church, and Jacob Sprenger, it was first published in 1487 in Germany. It is now believed by many that Sprenger was not an author of the book, with his input being more symbolic than it was active. The Witches…

Witchcraft means “Craft of the Wise Ones” and is also known as the “Old Religion”. Its practices can be traced to Neolithic (“Stone Age”) cave paintings. In early times, the Witch was the local lawyer, psychiatrist, and doctor. The field of modern medicine can trace its origins to the herbal medicines of the Witch. Witchcraft is a nature religion, not unlike the shamanism of the Native Americans. As the concepts of male and female exist through-out life — indeed, are necessary to create it —…

In the early 1690’s puritans in New England believed god was punishing them. In Salem, Massachusetts blamed many members of the town for doing witchcraft. Two of the accused women were Tituba and Rebecca Nurse. Tituba confessed to doing witchcraft because she did not want to die, while Rebecca Nurse denied because she did not want to ruin her reputation. During the Salem Witch Trails Tituba admitted to preforming witchcraft. According to Tituba “The other pulled mee & hauled me to pinch the…

There has been many trials of Witchcraft. Salem Massachusetts was the location of the largest in American history. Why was it so wide spread? Salem was the perfect place it was a very strong religious community, there was a struggle for power and people seeking vengeance. It started with two girls acting strange and not responding after being caught dancing which is not allowed in puritan society. None of the local doctor were able to diagnose why they were acting this way, words of witchcraft…