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The Salem Witch Trials by Marilynne K. Roach

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The Salem Witch Trials

Author
Marilynne K. Roach
Narrator
Elizabeth Wiley
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Publish Date
27 October 2020
Run Time
27 hours 56 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
History, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women and girls, Social, group or collective psychology, Society and culture: general, History of the Americas, Local history, Psychology, Social discrimination and equal treatment
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Based on twenty-seven years of original archival research, including the discovery of previously unknown documents, this day-by-day narrative of the hysteria that swept through Salem Village in 1692 and 1693 reveals new connections behind the events, and shows how rapidly a community can descend into bloodthirsty madness. Roach opens her work with chapters on the history of the Puritan colonies of New England, and explains how these people regarded the metaphysical and the supernatural. The account of the days from January 1692 to March 1693 keeps in order the large cast of characters, places events in their correct contexts, and occasionally contradicts earlier assumptions about the gruesome events. The last chapter discusses the remarkable impact of the events, pointing out how the 300th anniversary of the trials made headlines in Japan and Australia.

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Author
Marilynne K. Roach
Narrator
Elizabeth Wiley
Duration
27 hours 56 minutes
Release Date
27 October 2020
ISBN
9781705252642
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Genre
History, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women and girls, Social, group or collective psychology, Society and culture: general, History of the Americas, Local history, Psychology, Social discrimination and equal treatment

Synopsis

Based on twenty-seven years of original archival research, including the discovery of previously unknown documents, this day-by-day narrative of the hysteria that swept through Salem Village in 1692 and 1693 reveals new connections behind the events, and shows how rapidly a community can descend into bloodthirsty madness. Roach opens her work with chapters on the history of the Puritan colonies of New England, and explains how these people regarded the metaphysical and the supernatural. The account of the days from January 1692 to March 1693 keeps in order the large cast of characters, places events in their correct contexts, and occasionally contradicts earlier assumptions about the gruesome events. The last chapter discusses the remarkable impact of the events, pointing out how the 300th anniversary of the trials made headlines in Japan and Australia.

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