Washington State University
Washington State University: Literary Movements: Salem Witch Trials
A survey of the Salem Witch Trials as well as its background in seventeenth-century colonial New England. Includes descriptions of the accused and analysis of the reasons for the outbreak of witchcraft accusations, a bibliography,...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Witchcraft Documents (15Th Century)
Fordham University offers three documents about witchcraft in the 15th Century. Included is a Papal bull where the Pope provides a blessing and encouragement to witch hunting.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary
A concise yet detailed historical note about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, its participants, and background. Discusses the legal proceedings and explains changes which have occurred in the American justice system since then, with...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials: Petitions for Compensation
The text of these petitions, filed by Isaac Easty and William Good in 1710, request compensation for the prosecution of family members for witchcraft. Also included is Governor Dudley's order for payment of damages.
George Mason University
Women in World History Project: Early Modern Period: Manual, Witch Hunters
Provides an excerpt from the Malleus Maleficarum, the manual used during the European witch hunts to identify witches, most of whom were believed to be women.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials: Governor William Phips
Biographical sketch and portrait of Sir William Phips (1651-1695), governor of Massachusetts. Explains Phips role in setting up the Court of Oyer and Terminer in May of 1692 to hear witch trial evidence, and his actions in October 1692...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials Chronology of Events
This site provides a detailed chronology of the events related to the Salem Witch Trials, beginning with the settling of Salem (1629) and the adoption of the English law (1641) making witchcraft a capital crime. It covers all the major...
University of Tulsa
University of Tulsa: Witches and Witchtrials in England
This website provides detailed information about witches and witchtrials in England. Site contains dates, locations, names, charge and sentence. Also provides sources.
Other
Case Study: The European Witch Hunts, C. 1450 1750
This website expounds on the European witch-hunts between 1450 and 1750. The site also contains information about current day witch-hunts. The site mentions gendercide, publications, male witches, the numbers who were murdered and modern...
Other
King's College: The European Witch Hunts
Brief summary of the European Witch Hunts that took place from the 1400s through to the 1800s. This summary also looks at the impact this had on women's history.
Other
17th Century Colonial New England: "The Tryal of g.b" by Cotton Mather
Modern English transcript of Cotton Mather's original account of the trial of "G.B." recorded during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
Other
Professor Pavlac's Witch Hunts: 10 Common Errors and Myths About the Witch Hunts
Detailed discussion of misunderstandings around what happened during the European witch hunts.
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: Witchcraft in Salem Village
Detailed introductory note about the Salem Witch Trials. Lists historical sites and bibliographies related to Salem witchcraft, including books for younger readers.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: The Salem Witch Trials, 1692
An article which details the Salem Witch Trials.
Other
Rational Wiki: European Witch Hunts
Discusses the history of the European witch hunts, and the misrepresentation of them as gender persecution.
Other
The Unique Concept of the Witch and the Witch Trials in Early Modern England
An essay comparing the persecution of witches in early modern England to what happened during the European witch hunts.
Other
Luther College: Magic and the Common People of Early Modern Europe
Examines the role that superstition and a belief in magic played in people's lives in early modern Europe.
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Religious Tolerance: The Burning Times: The Tiime Line: The Dark Ages to Now
Provides a timeline of witch hunts from the 9th century CE up to the present day.
A&E Television
History.com: Before Salem, the First American Witch Hunt
In Hartford, Connecticut in 1662, 30 years before the infamous Salem witch trials, a witch hunt hysteria took hold, resulting in seven trials and four executions. Find out about the accusations and trials that rattled Hartford,...
A&E Television
History.com: Before America Had Witch Trials, Europe Had Werewolf Trials
A few of the accused may have been actual pedophiles or serial killers, but many were beggars, hermits or recent emigres who were tortured into confessions. 200 years before the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, courts in Europe were...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials (1692): William Stoughton
Biographical and historical note, with portrait, about William Stoughton (1631-1701), that briefly explains Stoughton's role as chief justice during the Salem witch trials. Itemizes the deviations from normal courtroom practice that...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials Bibliography and Links
This site provides an extensive bibliography and links for original documents and analysis of the Salem Witch Trials.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Salem Witchcraft Hysteria
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an inferencing lesson to introduce the Salem Witch Trials used for teaching The Crucible. Students are presumed to already have background on the Puritans.
Kenyon College
Kenyon College: Marginality and Community in Medieval Europe: Witchcraft
This describes and defines witches and witchcraft in the medieval period from a project designed by students at Kenyon College. Part of a larger examination of the marginality of groups in medieval Europe.