Salem Witchcraft Trials

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• Salem witch trials — Salem Witches redirects here. For the minor league baseball team, see Salem Witches (NEL). The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom is usually identifie …   Wikipedia

• Salem witch trials — [pl] a series of trials in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, of people accused of being witches. They began after a group of young girls started behaving in a crazy way and saying that they were ‘possessed’. People in the town were quick to accuse… …   Universalium

• Salem witchcraft hysteria —    Trials and executions of accused witches in Salem, Massachusetts, from 1692 to 1693. In all, 141 people were arrested as suspects, 19 were hanged, and one was pressed to death. The principal accusers were girls who claimed that witches in… …   Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

• Cultural depictions of the Salem witch trials — Fanciful representation of the Salem witch trials, lithograph from 1892. Cultural depictions of the Salem witch trials abound in art, literature and popular media in the United States, from the early 19th century to the present day. Contents …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of the Salem Witch Trials — This Timeline of the Salem Witch Trials is a quick overview of the events.Preceding the initial outbreak;1688 Cotton Mather publishes Memorable Providences, Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions [cite… …   Wikipedia

• Cultural depictions of the Salem Witch Trials — abound in art, literature and popular media in the United States, from the early 19th century to the present day. The Salem witch trials in literature * Rachel Dyer (1820), by John Neal (1793 1876)* American poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807… …   Wikipedia

• Salem, Massachusetts —   City   Salem Maritime National Historic Site …   Wikipedia

• Witchcraft — • As commonly understood, involves the idea of a diabolical pact or at least an appeal to the intervention of the spirits of evil Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Witchcraft     Witchcraft …   Catholic encyclopedia

• SALEM (PROCÈS DE) — SALEM PROCÈS DE (1692) L’un des ultimes procès de sorcellerie de l’Amérique coloniale. Au printemps de 1692, à Salem Village (Mass.), bourg puritain, surgit une vague d’excitation parmi des jeunes femmes, en particulier dans l’entourage du… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Witchcraft — For other uses, see Witchcraft (disambiguation). Witch redirects here. For other uses, see Witch (disambiguation). The classic image of the witch astride a besom broom …   Wikipedia

• witchcraft — /wich kraft , krahft /, n. 1. the art or practices of a witch; sorcery; magic. 2. magical influence; witchery. [bef. 950; ME wicchecraft, OE wiccecraeft. See WITCH, CRAFT] Syn. 1. See magic. * * * Introduction  the exercise or invocation of… …   Universalium