Salem witches: hysteria and tragedy -

Timon Forst

Amazon Digital Services, Inc.

2012

93 páginas

3h 6m

ISBN-1: 0

“Salem Witches”, “Witch Hunt”, these words have become common in the modern language. Hardly anyone ever stops to think any further about them besides – oh yeah, there was something like a witch hunt going on in Salem some few hundred years ago.
While this book is not pretending to be a complete chronicle with a step by step account of the tragedy that happened in Massachusetts in the winter of 1691/2, it is giving a broad outline of the, even today, famous or better infamous trials.
The door to superstition was wide open in the late 17th century, the hysteria that engulfed Salem Village has proven it.
To the questions:
When did it happen?
How long did it go on for?
How many innocent people suffered?
The reader will find answers in this book.
To the question:
Why did they have to suffer at all?
An answer, Yes? No?
Well, you will find facts, some speculations and theories so that you can judge for yourself and maybe find an answer to satisfy your own curiosity.