Powerpoint Slides
Powerpoint Slides
Section I
September 6 [Introduction]
September 11 [Heresy & the witch stereotype]
September 13 [The Black Death]
September 18 [The Church and Sexuality]
September 20 [The Church and Witchcraft]
September 25 [The Beggar and the Midwife]
September 27 [Possession and Witchcraft]
October 9 [Legal Reform]
October 16 [Literalist Theories: Murray]
October 18 [Critiques of Murray: Rose]
n.b.: from now on, unless there are graphics used in class the powerpoints will be in text-only format
October 23 [Critiques of Murray : Cohn]
October 25 [Fraud Theory: Sidky]
October 30 [Fraud Theory: Currie]
November 1 [Madness Theory: Zilboorg]
November 6 [Madness Theory: Szasz]
November 8 [Medical Theory: Andreski]
November 13 [Medical Theory: Estes]
November 15 [Hallucinogens & witchcraft]
November 22 [Feminist Interpretation: how historians have dealt with the question "why women?"]
November 27 [Feminist Interpretation: Burning Times, Ruether and Barstow]
November 29 [Salem]
Click here for an interactive National Geographic site on Salem
December 4 [Typical and Atypical Trial]
December 6 [Chapter 7: Why did the Witch Hunts End?]