Articles related to "Witchcraft Trials"

In 1692 a climate of fear and anxiety led to the deaths of 20 people during the Salem Witchcraft Trials. What were the reasons for this case of panic and injustice?

The 1590-1 persecution and execution of "witches" was among the most brutal of those in the UK. This happened during "The Burning Times," the acme of such atrocities.

In the year 1692 the Massachussetts colony experienced a mass hysteria brought on by fear and suspicion. The Salem Witchcraft Trials, in the end, would claim 20 lives.

Science proved eating contaminated rye bread can result in this disease. Evidence tends to support the theory that this was the primary cause of Salem's witchcraft mania.

In medieval times, witches, real or imagined, were greatly feared and blamed for many of society's problems.

As the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Ireland, Lady Alice Kyteler faced sorcery and heresy charges a century before the start of the European Witch-Hunt.

The heritage of both the Puritans and the Rationalists of the past is alive and well in the tumultuous public life of American society today.

In the Middle Ages animals were tried in local courts for crimes ranging from theft and vandalism, to homicide and sexual perversion: after which they were often executed

New England Coastal City famed for the Salem Witch Trials and a rich Maritime History and claims of paranormal activities.

Medieval witches were more unusual than many may think. But once the witchcrazes took hold, they swept through Europe with a vengeance.

Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of America's greatest early writers. Social and moral responsibility are two recurring themes in Hawthorne's works.

Lives of Writers of the New World were often predetermined by Old World traditions. Hawthorne's family history was based on the tradition of a curse.

Founded by the Phoenicians, Sabratha was one of three major Roman cities on the Libyan Coast

Cats posses an aura of mystery. Witches are believed to have familiars. What better animal to choose than cats? And, what better animal to persecute along with witches?

A law, enacted in the 1860s, made fortune-telling for profit a crime. Recent court cases and a modern "witch hunt" evidence it still stands. Should the law be rescinded?

The mass frenzy had to end. People lived in fear of being accused as a witch, in addition to anxiety of the alleged practitioners. Some good came out of the horror....

A concise account of Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susanna Edward, the last women to be convicted and executed for witchcraft in Britain.

Many who read "The Ghost of Dr. Harris" might think it's fiction; however the story is true and captures Hawthorne's emotions with his ghostly encounters.

Persecution of witches was most apparent in Colonial New England where strict Calvinist views formed the basis of a theocratic, Old Testament model that accepted witches.

Be it witches, demons, sorcerors, or the occult, strange and unexplained happenings have been told of throughout history, and here is a collection of their stories.

Records of Essex County, Massachusetts courts from the 1600s provide much genealogical information. This information is now available in an on-line genealogy database.