The Thing About 1692

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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.

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Salem Witch Trials | 1692 History | Colonial America | Early Modern Period | World History | Scientific Revolution | Educational Podcast

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