The author argues that many women were chosen to be accused of witchcraft, highlighting the violation of social hierarchy that occurred and the power struggles between the accusers and the accused regarding female discontent, resentment, and anger in the patriarchal society.
I wanted to ask you about because in Carlson's examination of what what this author is looking at is more of a an emphasis on how certain women primarily women were chosen to be accused of witchcraft.
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Episode: CLASSIC: The Truth Behind the Salem Witch Trials,...
The author argues that many women were chosen to be accused of witchcraft, highlighting the violation of social hierarchy that occurred and the power struggles between the accusers and the accused regarding female discontent, resentment, and anger in the patriarchal society.
I wanted to ask you about because in Carlson's examination of what what this author is looking at is more of a an emphasis on how certain women primarily women were chosen to be accused of witchcraft.
And Carlson argues that there is a violation of social hierarchy that occurs in some cases.
I think one of the specific quotes is that the accusers and the accused were in a way in a negotiation about the legitimacy of female discontent resentment and anger because it's not too far of an assumption to say this was probably a severely patriarchal society.
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It was recommended as a great book that delves into the Puritan history of the early American colonies, particularly focusing on the demographic factors that led to witchcraft accusations.
I would recommend in addition to six women. In folks who are interested should check out a fantastic book by Dr. Carol F Carlson, which is called The Devil in the Shape of a Woman. This thing was published in 1987.
Carlson is one of the first academics, the first researchers to do a serious, intense interrogation of Puritan history in the early American colonies.
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The book explores the motives behind accusations of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials and in Europe, questioning whether accusers always genuinely believed in devilish dealings or whether they were motivated by financial gain.
there's a fantastic book called devil in the shape of a woman that looks at this practice in the salem witch trials yeah and what we find is that um more so in europe but also a little bit in salem there are questions of uh there are questions of motive did the accusers always believe someone was in league with the devil or were they pushing the case because according to law in some communities the inquisitors or the accusers got a piece of the person's estate when they were found to be a witch