Description:
What kind of world produces a witch trial?
The same world where Newton’s physics coexists with spectral evidence. Where a ship captain faces witchcraft charges because he couldn’t save a town from military raid. Where an opera about fairies premieres the same day a minister is arrested for consorting with the devil.
1692 reveals a world caught between eras. The Scientific Revolution is rewriting reality itself while courtrooms still accept dreams as proof. Empires are consolidating power and centralizing judicial systems, yet some places double down on persecution. The Enlightenment is dawning, but the darkness hasn’t lifted everywhere.
War, piracy, earthquake, massacre, resistance, revolution. The globe is in upheaval, and the choices different societies make in response tell us everything about who holds power and who gets blamed when things go wrong.
Salem wasn’t an isolated outbreak of superstition. It was one response among many to a world transforming faster than people could comprehend.
Explore colonial America history, the Early Modern Period, and the global context of the Salem witch trials.
Keywords:
- What happened in 1692 around the world
- What was happening in 1692 besides Salem witch trials
- Why did the Salem witch trials happen in 1692
- What caused the Salem witch trials
- What was the world like in 1692
- Isaac Newton discoveries 1692
- King William’s War and Salem witch trials
- Golden Age of Piracy 1692
- Scientific Revolution and witch trials
- How did war affect Salem witch trials
Links
Salem Witch Trials Daily Videos & Course
The Thing About Witch Hunts YouTube
The Thing About Witch Hunts Website
Sign the Petition: MA Witch Hunt Justice Project