A History of Witchcraft: The 1692 Salem Trials in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective

4 credits · Undergraduate credit

In 1692, the notorious witchcraft trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts. While this case would become America's most famous witchcraft episode, it drew on a long history of witchcraft belief, accusation, and prosecution in Europe and the New World. In order to understand Salem and the phenomenon of witchcraft more generally, this course explores the long context of European witchcraft belief through the present day.