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Tre platser, deras domstolar och maleficium : En jämförelsestudie om trolldom vid domstolen i Massachusetts, Ångermanland och Livland / Three locations, their courts and maleficium : A comparative study about witchcraft at the court in Massachusetts, Ångermanland and Livonia

This thesis is meant to study 17th century courts and their actions at three locations. These locations include Salem in Massachusetts, Livonia during the Swedish rule and Ångermanland in Sweden. The focus cases will include witchcraft, more specifically maleficium which is the form of witchcraft that contemporaries’ often believed could hurt people physically. The thesis will also include a comparison of the three chosen locations which will take part in the discussion. There I will compare the view witchcraft, laws and how the religion played a part. In order to do this study I have gathered books that includes the legal documents from Salem, court cases from Livonia and literature that handles the history of the locations. My findings have shown that the three areas are in general very similar, despite being far apart. People view witches similarly and the courts act thereafter. The laws tend to favor the death penalty although it’s not always used.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-60852
Date January 2017
CreatorsMagnusson, Vide
PublisherLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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