Books like Six women of Salem by Marilynne K. Roach

The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller that dramatizes the Salem witch trials of 1692-1693, reflecting on McCarthyism and American history through allegory.

The Salem Witch Trials: A 17th-Century Mystery Unfolding in Salem Village

An early historical account of the Salem witch trials that examines the widespread belief in witchcraft and the legal proceedings that shaped the legacy of early Massachusetts.

Silvia Federici analyses modern violent oppression of women as a continuation of historic witch hunts, arguing it is a structural feature of capitalist expansion that dismantles reproductive rights and community stability.

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus's sun-centered universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when Kepler was at the height of his career, his widowed mother Katharina was accused of witchcraft. The proceedings led to a criminal trial that lasted six years, with Kepler conducting his mother's defense. In 'The Astronomer and the Witch', Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one which takes us to the heart of his changing world. First and foremost an intense family drama, the story brings to life the world of a small Lutheran community in the centre of Europe at a time of deep religious and political turmoil-- a century after the Reformation, and on the threshold of the Thirty Years' War. Kepler's defense of his mother also offers us a fascinating glimpse into the great astronomer's world view, on the cusp between Reformation and scientific revolution. While advancing rational explanations for the phenomena which his mother's accusers attributed to witchcraft, Kepler nevertheless did not call into question the existence of magic and witches. On the contrary, he clearly believed in them. And, as the story unfolds, it appears that there were moments when even Katharina's children wondered whether their mother really did have nothing to hide ...

An examination of the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials, their antecedents, and the evolving historical interpretations.

Frances Hill explores the Salem witch trials of 1691–1693, unraveling the social, psychological, and feminist forces that turned ordinary citizens into accusers and condemned over a hundred people to death or imprisonment.

A meticulously researched, day‑by‑day account of the 1692–1697 Salem witch trials, revealing lesser‑known documents, court records, and the broader social, colonial, and international forces that shaped the crisis.