WRC-1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Puritans, Antinomianism, Tituba
29 Sep 2016
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Her point is not to just describe salem, but all of new england as a whole. Colonists were more worried about the effects of witches powers than how they got them. It is established that the witches came from the devil. Men can be accused of heresy, but not of witchcraft. God does not do evil things, but allows evil thing to happen. Ann hibbens: higher social status, accused of witchcraft, widow, makes her more vulnerable, does not have a male figure to defend her, excommunicated and shamed for being deemed a heretic. Mary dyer: gave birth to a still born baby, was considered an instrument of satan, considered heretical for disagreeing with the church. 1664-1688: witchcraft prosecutions were going down, witches were not necessarily killed, but they had to pay fines, a shift in attitude, more diverse population. Witch hunts were not really happening; salem was different because they started to believe in possessions.
