Thesis Statement for the Witchcraft Trials?
I am in a Women in American History class in college and wish to write a research paper regarding the witchcraft trials through out New England in the 16th century and what happened to the women at the time. I have done a lot of research and still cannot think of a decent thesis dealing with this area. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Ahh, the Witch Trials, one of the most elusive of subjects.
Well, Miss perhaps I can assist. This is an area of personal expertise. Perhaps you could base your thesis of a Salem resident who was involved in the dark, shadowy underworld at that time. Ronald DeFeo was an early Italian immigrant that settled in the Salem area, near present day Amityville. He was said to engage in witchcraft, and a sizeable Massachusetts population feared him, including Samuel and Cotton Mathers. He was mysteriously absent from his trial, and a ‘…large wing’d black beastie was seen shaking nearby trees” (Salem Observer, 1692). He is hard to dig up, but the rumour is that all the witches hung, actually did …’do commerce with this blasphemous man’.
Hope that helps!
Witchcraft In England In The Seventheenth Century (Part 2 of 2)
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Witchcraft Medicine $42.2 An in-depth investigation of traditional European folk medicine and the healing arts of witches Explores the outlawed alternative medicine of witches suppressed by the state and the Church and how these plants can be used today Reveals that female shamanic medicine can be found in cultures all over the world Illustrated with color and black-and-white art reproductions dating back to the 16th century Includes three 8-page color inserts and 158 b&w illustrationsWitch medicine is wild medicine. It does more than make one healthy, it creates lust and knowledge, ecstasy and mythological insight. In Witchcraft Medicine the authors take the reader on a journey that examines the women who mix the potions and become the healers; the legacy of Hecate; the demonization of nature's healing powers and sensuousness; the sorceress as shaman; and the plants associated with witches and devils. They explore important seasonal festivals and the plants associated with them, such as wolf's claw and calendula as herbs of the solstice and alder as an herb of the time of the dead-Samhain or Halloween. They also look at the history of forbidden medicine from the Inquisition to current drug laws, with an eye toward how the sacred plants of our forebears can be used once again. |
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Witchcraft and Demonology in South-west England, 1640-1789 (Hardcover) $210.04 Using south-western England as a focus for considering the continued place of witchcraft and demonology in provincial culture in the period between the English and French revolutions, Barry shows how witch-beliefs were intricately woven into the fabric of daily life, even at a time when they arguably ceased to be of interest to the educated. |
