Witches & Puritans
- Author
- History Hit
- Published
- Mon 25 Oct 2021
- Episode Link
- https://play.acast.com/s/not-just-the-tudors/theruinofallwitches-lifeanddeathinthenewworld
On a remote Massachusetts plantation in 1651, an unpopular local brickmaker was blamed for a wave of animal ailments, children dying and vanishing property. The argumentative Hugh Parsons was accused of being a vengeful witch.
In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Professor Malcolm Gaskill about his research into this dark, real-life folktale of family tragedy, supernatural obsessions and social anxiety in the New World of the Puritans.
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