[PDF.00ha] The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Legal History

The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Legal History

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 | #714557 in Books |  University Press of Kansas |  1997-10-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.40 x.54 x5.49l,.54 | File type: PDF | 184 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Lacks Focus and Immediacy|By herrmannfan|If you're looking for a chronological account of the trials told in a straightforward manner, this is NOT the book for you. If you're looking for an account of the trials with an emphasis on the finer points of pre-Revolutionary War politics and jurisprudence, this IS the book for you.

I found it difficult to get through, even| |"This book provides perhaps the best one-volume introduction to an episode that has challenged historians for centuries. It provides not only a lucid and engrossing narrative but also satisfying explanations that seamlessly interweave the best of modern schola

In late seventeenth-century New England, the eternal battle between God and Satan was brought into the courtroom. Between January 1692 and May 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, neighbors turned against neighbors and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft, and nineteen people were hanged for having made pacts with the devil.

Peter Charles Hoffer, a historian long familiar with the Salem witchcraft trials, now reexamines this notorious episode in Americ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Legal History   |  Peter Charles Hoffer. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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