![]() ![]() ![]() He was given the official records of the trials for use in preparation of this book, because the judges hoped it would favorably describe their role and their judgments. Mather wrote his book The Wonders of the Invisible World directly after the Salem witchcraft trials. It was impossible for an accused person to escape punishment in Salem and Mather’s and his colleagues arguments served as additional justification for killing innocent people in Salem. ![]() The trials in Salem will play an essential part, because the practices during the trials show how witchcraft was proved then, regardless of the guilt of the accused. This essay will concern Cotton Mather’s arguments concerning witchcraft, their origin, and his theories about their treatment. In this book, he listed the different indicators about how to discover someone practicing witchcraft. Although he was not directly involved in accusing or judging the people, he wrote a book about the trials, called The Wonders of the Invisible World. One of the key figures today around the trials is Cotton Mather. Twenty people were killed after they were accused of being witches or wizards. The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 represent a cruel part of New England history. ![]()
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