1. The Great European Witch Hunt AND Salem Witch Trials

2. European Witch Hunts 14th-17th centuries
Witches did not use magical powers to get what they wanted.
Instead, witches were used by the Devil to do what he wanted.
Pact with the devil

3. How many people affected?
Between the 1500’s-1600’s:
Between 100, ,000 people were ‘officially’ tried for witchcraft and between 40,000 and 60,000 were executed.
Between % of those tried and executed were female…. Why?

4. Who conducted witch hunts?
Superstitious villagers
Mob mentality
Mass hysteria
Spread of paranoia
Change of attitudes

5. Concrete Evidence Authorities needed proof “Malleus Maleficarum”
Definition
‘devils mark’/’devils teats’
Inspect bodies

6. Torture “Swimming a Witch” Strappado Justified
Torture was justified in law
King head of Church
Witch rejected Church/King
Witch guilty of treason
Death

7. Puritans Sent by King Charles I of England Society based on Bible
Created perfect society
Always cautious of Satan
Believed in witches
Engaged in witch hunts

8. Salem, Massachusetts In 1692 500 people 6 miles from coast
What did they fear?

9. Setting the stage for the witch hunts of 1692
Religious practices
Expectations of women
Small town

10. The Girls that started it all. . .
Elizabeth Parris
Abigail Williams
Ann Putnam Jr.
Mary Walcott
Elizabeth Hubbard
Elizabeth Booth
Mercy Lewis
Mary Warren…………………….and Tituba

12. The Identification of Witches
Tituba
Sarah Good
Sarah Osborne

13. Pre-trial Guilty or not?!?! Evidence enough to go to trial for
witchcraft?
*SPECTRAL
EVIDENCE!!

14. Unexpected results from Tituba

15. Split in Salem Arrest of Rebecca Nurse Petition More than 100 arrested
Number of accused
Something had to be done in Salem

16. Hangings Begin

17. Terror Continues

18. Attitudes change DOUBT? DID THE GIRLS GO ‘TOO FAR’?
HERE COMES THE MAYOR & GOVERNOR!
WHAT IS DECIDED ABOUT SPECTRAL EVIDENCE????
NOW WHAT?!

20. Questions remain…???
Why did the girls claim that witches afflicted them?
Were they acting or did they genuinely believe what they were saying?
Is there a scientific explanation to this?
Now innocent until proven guilty.