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The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people.<ref name="Wikipedia" /> Most of them were women.<ref name="Wikipedia" /> Some of these women were actually [[wizardkind|witches]], though they were entirely innocent of the crimes of which they were convicted.<ref name="historymagic2" /> Others were simply No-Majs unlucky enough to be swept up in a moment of mass hysteria.<ref name="historymagic2" /> |
The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people.<ref name="Wikipedia" /> Most of them were women.<ref name="Wikipedia" /> Some of these women were actually [[wizardkind|witches]], though they were entirely innocent of the crimes of which they were convicted.<ref name="historymagic2" /> Others were simply No-Majs unlucky enough to be swept up in a moment of mass hysteria.<ref name="historymagic2" /> |
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+ | The trials were the culmination of [[Puritanism|Puritan]] [[witch hunt]]s in [[North America]].<ref name="historymagic2" /> Most of the judges who presided over the trials were Puritans, but, according to the consensus of most wizarding historians, at least two were actually [[Scourers]] seeking to settle personal vendettas against other wizards.<ref name="historymagic2" /> |
The Salem witch trials were a major traumatic event in the history of American [[wizardkind|wizard]]-[[Muggle|No-Maj]] relations. The lobby of the [[Magical Congress of the United States of America|MACUSA]], in the [[Woolworth Building]] in [[New York]], features [[Golden phoenix statues|four gilt statues of phoenixes]] paying homage to the victims of the Salem witch trials.<ref name="EW5secrets">[http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/06/fantastic-beasts-secrets?1212&hootPostID=3d01e6e5c541df85e2795d2ca9f630f0 ''Fantastic Beasts'': 5 secrets in our photo you might have missed] at [http://www.ew.com/ Entertainment Weekly] (retrieved 6 November, 2015)</ref> |
The Salem witch trials were a major traumatic event in the history of American [[wizardkind|wizard]]-[[Muggle|No-Maj]] relations. The lobby of the [[Magical Congress of the United States of America|MACUSA]], in the [[Woolworth Building]] in [[New York]], features [[Golden phoenix statues|four gilt statues of phoenixes]] paying homage to the victims of the Salem witch trials.<ref name="EW5secrets">[http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/06/fantastic-beasts-secrets?1212&hootPostID=3d01e6e5c541df85e2795d2ca9f630f0 ''Fantastic Beasts'': 5 secrets in our photo you might have missed] at [http://www.ew.com/ Entertainment Weekly] (retrieved 6 November, 2015)</ref> |
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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft that occurred in No-Maj colonial Massachusetts in the years 1692 and 1693.[1][2]
The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people.[1] Most of them were women.[1] Some of these women were actually witches, though they were entirely innocent of the crimes of which they were convicted.[2] Others were simply No-Majs unlucky enough to be swept up in a moment of mass hysteria.[2]
The trials were the culmination of Puritan witch hunts in North America.[2] Most of the judges who presided over the trials were Puritans, but, according to the consensus of most wizarding historians, at least two were actually Scourers seeking to settle personal vendettas against other wizards.[2]
The Salem witch trials were a major traumatic event in the history of American wizard-No-Maj relations. The lobby of the MACUSA, in the Woolworth Building in New York, features four gilt statues of phoenixes paying homage to the victims of the Salem witch trials.[3]
In the 1920s, the New Salem Philanthropic Society, a fanatical No-Maj group looking to expose and destroy wizards and witches, called itself the "Second Salemers".[4]
Appearances
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film) (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Salem witch trials" on Wikipedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "History of Magic in North America: Seventeenth Century and Beyond" on Pottermore
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: 5 secrets in our photo you might have missed at Entertainment Weekly (retrieved 6 November, 2015)
- ↑ We have the full @EW #FantasticBeasts spread! (pages 4-8)