Puritans and Witches - Natural Enemies

Puritans and Witches - Natural Enemies When the Puritans moved to the New World they created a new society based upon perfect adherence to the strict and intolerant Puritan philosophy. However, the moral center of their universe could not hold because the people themselves although normally English, were blends of their European ancestries and the folk culture of generations before them. Puritan philosophy was rooted in the search for spiritual perfection. Witchcraft was viewed by …showed first 75 words of 1207 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1207 total…to live." (Exodus 22:18) And armed with this authority alone, 19 witches were hanged by the Puritans in Salem in 1692. <b>Bibliography</b> <li>Army, U.S.. US Army Chaplain’s Handbook. Alabama: USAF Chaplain’s Institute, 1990 <li>231-236 Kittredge, George Lyman. "Witchcraft and the Puritans." Twentieth Century <li>Interpretations of the Crucible. The president and fellows of Harvard College. <li>Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 1929. 20-23 <li>Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. New York: The Viking Press, 1952