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The Salem Witchcraft Trials
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The Salem Witchcraft Trials
Uses sources to show that the trials of 1692 were politically motivated.
4,388 words (approx. 17.6 pages) |
15 sources |
MLA | 2002
Paper Summary:
This research examines the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 in Massachusetts Bay Colony and sets forth evidence from contemporary sources that they were politically motivated. The paper examines the influence of literature such as "Malleus Maleficarum", (1485-1490), Reginald Scot's "The Discoverie of Witchcraft" (1589) and "Holinshed's Chronicles", first published in 1586.From the Paper:
"Winthrop's hand can be seen to have shaped many details of civil and political life in Puritan Massachusetts, not only in the founding documents he produced but also in his behavior as governor of the colony. If civil authority was predicated of religious authority under Winthrop, so his decisions grounded in religion had civil and political import. The tradition of interpenetrating political and religious issues in the theocratic context therefore must be understood as fundamentally informing what happened in Salem in 1692."More papers on The Salem Witchcraft Trials:
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The Salem Witchcraft Trials (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 03, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-The-Salem-Witchcraft-Trials/26590
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"The Salem Witchcraft Trials" 15 January 2012. Web. 03 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-The-Salem-Witchcraft-Trials/26590>
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