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Witchcraft in the Old and New World
There are numerous books on Witchcraft and trials in the IMC,
use the catalog WebCollection Plus to locate these.
One useful book is Domesday Book and the Law - 349.42 Fle
Contains a comprehensive collection of legal documents from early, medieval
England, and provides a detailed, account of the history of English Law.
Includes indexes of names, places, and subjects
Databases - use the books, scholarly journals, newspapers, primary documents and multimedia in the IMC's subscription databases for information on the history of Europe and origins of witchcraft and trials.
Web Sites
Witchcraft Collection from Cornell University covers the " history of superstition and witchcraft persecution in Europe. It documents the earliest and the latest manifestations of the belief in witchcraft as well as its geographical boundaries, and elaborates this history with works on canon law, the Inquisition, torture, demonology, trial testimony, and narratives. Most importantly, the collection focuses on witchcraft not as folklore or anthropology, but as theology and as religious heresy."
Malleus Maleficarum - Text used by Inquisitors to aid in the identification, prosecution, and dispatching of Witches.
15 Century Documents - from Medieval Sourcebook
Ten Theories about Origins of Witch Trials s - from Kings College
Annotated Links of European Witch Trials - from Professor Pavlac - Women's History Study - King's College
A Witch Hunt in Germany - "The following is a simulation of a witch hunt. While this hunt, its victims, and perpetrators are fictional, it is based on actual hunts that took place during the early seventeenth century in the Holy Roman Empire." from Professor Pavlac - Women History Study - King's College
Salem Witchcraft Trials
Salem
Witchcraft Hysteria - this interactive site is sponsored by National
Geographic
The
Salem Witchcraft Trials - primary documents including transcripts,
biographies and photographs
Salem Witch Chronology - A time line of the 1693 witch trails. Includes the
names the accused and the accusers.
Salem
Witch Trails - This is a site which has images of the trail as well as legal
proceedings. It includes the texts to original documents such as examinations,
petitions and death warrants.
Witchcraft
Hysteria - This is a National Geographic interactive guide which provides a
comprehensive chronicle of the Salem witch trials. Includes access to discussion
forums and a bibliography.
The
Salem Witch Trails - First person accounts, history of witch trails from
Europe to Salem, bibliography and related links.
Salem Witch Trails -
were the victims of 1692 really "Witches" as described in the trial
records?
Secrets of the Dead -
Find out how Linnda Caporael's detective work on the behavior of the Salem
witches led to ergot, a common grain fungus can lead to convulsions, muscle
spasms and other symptoms which were experienced by those convicted of
witchcraft in Salem.
Witchcraft in Salem
Village - and provides general information about the trails as well as
information on other aspects of the history of Danvers (formerly Salem Village),
Massachusetts.
Ergotism: The Satan
Loosed in Salem - 2 April 1976 Science article on Linda Caporael's
findings on ergot.