They were the subject of the text Wonders of the Invisible World by (*) Cotton Mather.
Robert Calef's attack on these events was responded to in the text Some Few Remarks upon a Scandalous Book. They were criticized in the book Truth Held Forth and Maintained by Thomas Maule. During these events, Mary Sibley suggested baking a rye cake with urine in it and feeding it to a dog. They were the subject of the text Wonders of the Invisible World by (*) Cotton Mather. These events began when Betty Parris and Abigail Williams seemingly developed epileptic fits after having been taught fortune telling by the slave Tituba. Eventually, ministers condemned these events for over reliance on "spectral evidence." For 10 points, name these series of 1690 hearings in which multiple people were executed in Massachusetts for supposedly working with the Devil.
Robert Calef's attack on these events was responded to in the text Some Few Remarks upon a Scandalous Book.
Salem witch trials