The accusations against people assumed to be a Witch could reveal an excessive amount of information about Puritans. Puritans were a group of people who believed in purifying the Church of England from Roman Catholic influences. Since they had such strong religious beliefs, the Salem Witch Trials occurred. Puritans were not well educated, but they were religious fanatics, extremely cautious, and very fearful.
The people of the Massachusetts Bay Colony may not have been well educated in medical issues , but now they are in a new land which comes with new diseases. Illiterate people possibly could often mistake a natural disease for an act of witchcraft. John Hale recorded, “Kendal [a suspected Witch] did make much of the child…but [the child]
The people of the Massachusetts Bay Colony may not have been well educated in medical issues , but now they are in a new land which comes with new diseases. Illiterate people possibly could often mistake a natural disease for an act of witchcraft. John Hale recorded, “Kendal [a suspected Witch] did make much of the child…but [the child]