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Bellwork. Why do you think the Puritans feared the loss of the influence and power of the church?. Witch Images?. Salem, Massachusetts 1692 I would have no compassion on the witches. I would burn them all. Martin Luther . The Salem Witch Trials.

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  1. Bellwork Why do you think the Puritans feared the loss of the influence and power of the church?

  2. Witch Images?

  3. Salem, Massachusetts 1692 I would have no compassion onthe witches. I would burn them all.Martin Luther The Salem Witch Trials

  4. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil,as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”          1 Peter 5:8 for Marks

  5. Salem • Girls begin to behave strangely • Accusations of someone “bewitching” them begin to occur • Tituba, the first accused, was a slave from Barbados • Books on witchcraft were common and influenced the accusations • Overall, 19 will be executed, including one man who was pressed to death and 2 dogs • The governor finally calls for the end to the trials

  6. Hanged on June 10 • Bridget Bishop, Salem • Hanged on July 19 • Sarah Good, Salem Village • Rebecca Nurse, Salem Village • Susannah Martin, Amesbury • Elizabeth How, Ipswich • Sarah Wilds, Topsfield Hanged on August 19 • George Burroughs, Wells, Maine • John Proctor, Salem Village • John Willard, Salem Village • George Jacobs, Sr., Salem Town • Martha Carrier, Andover September 19 • Giles Corey, Salem Farms, pressed to death Hanged on September 22 • Martha Corey, Salem Farms • Mary Eastey, Topsfield • Alice Parker, Salem Town • Ann Pudeater, Salem Town • Margaret Scott, Rowley • Wilmott Reed, Marblehead • Samuel Wardwell, Andover • Mary Parker, Andover

  7. Other accused witches that were not hanged, but died in prison: • Sarah Osborne, Salem Village • Roger Toothaker, Billerica • Lyndia Dustin, Reading • Ann Foster, Andover

  8. Salem WebQuest • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/

  9. European Witch Trials Convictions were based not on tangible evidence, but on allegationsand confessions elicited by torture ...

  10. The European Witch-Hunts, c. 1450-1750 • There are some extreme cases in peripheral regions of Europe, with men accounting for 90 percent of the accused in Iceland, 60 percent in Estonia and nearly 50 per cent in Finland. • On the other hand, there are regions where 90 per cent or more of known witches were women; these include Hungary, Denmark and England.

  11. European Trial Numbers • 100,000 trials between 1450 and 1750, with something between 40,000 and 50,000 executions, of which 20 to 25 per cent were men." • On average, 48% of trials ended in an execution, [and] therefore he estimated 60,000 witches died. This is slightly higher than 48% to reflect the fact that Germany, the center of the persecution, killed more than 48% of its witches."

  12. Men Overall 20 to 25 percent of Europeans executed for witchcraft between the 14th and 17th centuries were male

  13. Women • Women became the target of the witch hunts in most areas • Women were believed to be more likely to be influenced by, or have a relationship with, the devil • Strange occurances or behavior that could not be explained resulted in accusations • Often times, women who were successful economically or had an inheritance with no other heirs, would be accused and their estates, if convicted, went to the state

  14. Torture • Once accused, the “witch” had to confess, usually by torture • Once they confessed, they had to confess without being tortured • Often times they named other “witches”-even family members

  15. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htmhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

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