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The Unsuccessful Inquisition In Tudor England, Sarah J. Dell
The Unsuccessful Inquisition In Tudor England, Sarah J. Dell
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
The Spanish Inquisition was tasked with finding heretics and either returning them to their faith or punishing them for their unfaithfulness. This institution lasted for hundreds of years and prosecuted thousands of cases across the Iberian Peninsula. When Mary Tudor took the throne, she instituted her own, smaller inquisition in her attempts to return her people to the Catholic faith. Yet while the Spanish Inquisition was a secretive organization, the trials and arrests in England were far more public and accessible. Much of the methodology and questioning processes were similar, yet Mary’s Inquisition met great resistance and died with her …
"This Fire Of Contention": Factional Conflict In Salem Village After 1692, Robert S. Bridges Iii
"This Fire Of Contention": Factional Conflict In Salem Village After 1692, Robert S. Bridges Iii
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
The Salem witch trials have fascinated historians since the eighteenth century, but as Mary Beth Norton aptly states there is still “much of the complicated Salem story [that] remains untold.” Previous scholarship has failed tell fully the story of the trials’ aftermath. In this paper, I follow the story of a group of witch trial victims and their families to illuminate the religious and political tensions after the trials ended in 1693. I argue that reconciliation came only after the resignation of the Reverend Samuel Parris and the out-migration of the disaffected families to a new community. I discuss the …