Websites and Books

Just browsing the web for websites- going to analyse them later ie. when I'm not in the school library.

I think I've hit the jackpot on the convulsive ergotism front- I found an article by Linda R. Caporeal, along with various others that discuss the possibility of ergot poisoning leading to the unexplainable symptoms of the girls. From this article stem others that then debate the plausibility of these claims, as well as suggest new theories.

Here is Linda Caporeal's article from 1976:

http://web.utk.edu/~kstclair/221/ergotism.html

And here is another article by Josh Clark for How Stuff Works.com, which debates the ergot poisoning theory.

http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/drugged-salem-witchtrial.htm/printable

I also want to look at the work of Charles Wentworth Upham, who was a Mayor of Salem in the 19th Century. I found this on google books- Salem Witchcraft: with an account of Salem Village, and a history of opinions on witchcraft and kindred subjects.

http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Q3i_c25yMnEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=charles+wentworth+upham&ots=0w4KPD6F9W&sig=N7sDGV7huGSzqGEHy4q6Zyv30Sc#v=onepage&q&f=false

And here are some websites suggesting by the Great Mr Wright (who assumes I would have found these articles eventually. Thank-you for your faith in me)

Salem Witch Trials as Fact and Symbol-

http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/courses/Anth311/salem.htm

And this website linked to the previous one- which is an interactive website. It's really cool!

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/

An article on Explaining Salem: Calvinist Psychology and the Diagnosis of Possession (I actually did see this one earlier today!)

http://www.lhup.edu/rsandow/content/harley.pdf

And finally: An article (blog?) by this guy called Kevin Dunn. He discusses the psychology behind Salem and has heaps OF FOOTNOTES!!!! Thank-you!

http://www.kevindunn.org/salem.html

PLUS I have found a number of books on www.bookdepository.com which I wouldn't mind purchasing. I blogged about two of them earlier, but I have found at least two others:

Delusion of Satan: Full story of the Salem Witchtrials- Frances Hill

The Salem Witch Trials- Marilynne K. Roach (apparently it took this woman 25 years to research and write this 750 pg+ work!)

There is also this reference guide that Mr Wright found for me on e library

The Salem Witch Trials : A Reference Guide
by Goss, K. David

And....yeah. This is what I have spent two periods doing. Now I actually have to read them all.