PPT-Witches, Witchcraft Accusations and Gender in Puritan,

Colonial New England I Intro Stuff A Can We Agree B Nonetheless Puritans did NOT Agree with us They believed in a corporeal Satan who walked the earth and thus he may have had minionswitches to do his bidding . Accusation Part I. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/witchhistory.html. Works Cited. The Bible condemns witches. Exodus 22:18 “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” (KJV). Leviticus 20:27 “A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard shall surely be put to death …” (KJV). The ability of a person to cause harm by means of a personal power that resides within the body of the witch. Witchcraft in Pop Culture. Has become a bit distorted from traditional views of witchcraft:. 1630s-1750s. What’s a Puritan?. Puritans known as the Separatists split from the Church of England over disagreements and came to New England for religious freedom. Allegiance to God/the group, not the king. 1. Job 22:4-9--. “Is it because of your reverence that He reproves you, That He enters into judgment against you? 5 “Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquities without end? 6 “For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked. 7 “To the weary you have given no water to drink, And from the hungry you have withheld bread. 8 “But the earth belongs to the mighty man, And the honorable man dwells in it. 9 “You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the orphans has been crushed. . The ability of a person to cause harm by means of a personal power that resides within the body of the witch. Witchcraft in Pop Culture. Has become a bit distorted from traditional views of witchcraft:. Remember Coverture?. Euro-American women were . controled. by the principle of Coverture in everything they did.. Euro-American culture was EXTREMELY Patriarchal. . Men ruled households. . Men owned everything. Only widows could own private property.. First Year Seminar. Salem: Place, Myth, and . Memory. Miguel Peguero. The Witch Trials of 1692. The Salem Witch Trials began Spring of 1692. A group of young girls in Salem Village claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused a few local women of witchcraft.. Early American Literature. Puritan is a broad term, referring to a number of Protestant groups that sought to “purify” the Church of England, which was corrupt and closely tied to the British government.. Trials. How to Spot a Witch. Is the suspect a woman?. Does she have a pet?. Does she have a wart? (Or a mole, ‘Devil’s mark’?). Is she middle aged?. Is she independent?. Has she stopped going to church?. Muti. Murders and Human Sacrifice. : Harmful Beliefs and Practices Behind a Global Crisis in Human Rights. Presentation by Gary . Foxcroft. , Executive Director, Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network (WHRIN). By Johannes Johnston. Literature 2111. Background. The hunting of witches started in the middle of the 14. th. . to the late 18. th. Century. Estimate of 40,000 to millions of people were burned, hanged, or tortured for witchcraft.. The crucible. Prior knowledge. What do you know about the . Salem Witch Trials . and . McCarthyism. ?. How do the two concepts connect?. What do . you. think?. Predictions about the play?. What do you want to know?. The Role of the Devil. Peter Marshall. Lecture Outline. :. Who was the Devil?. How did an age-old Christian . theological. belief provide . a basis for witch-hunting in the early modern period?. Interrogation of a witch. Topelius, Z., V