{"id":6511,"date":"2021-10-31T13:20:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T12:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=190301"},"modified":"2021-10-31T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T12:53:08","slug":"salem-witch-trials-podcast-episode-4-the-pervasive-power-of-puritanism","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/salem-witch-trials-podcast-episode-4-the-pervasive-power-of-puritanism\/","title":{"rendered":"Salem witch trials podcast, episode 4: the pervasive power of puritanism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 31 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Religion was a powerful force at play in the Salem settlement. It not only determined the villagers\u2019 daily routine but their whole outlook on life, influencing how they saw their neighbours and giving shape to their fears about threats to their community. In this episode we\u2019ll be investigating how the Puritanical mindset stirred up intense paranoia about the devil, and could have made people more inclined to confess to satanic corruption.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-190301-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;http:\/\/bristolcdn.s3.amazonaws.com\/bbchistory\/audio\/HistoryExtra_2021_Salem%20Episode%204%20Temp3.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/bristolcdn.s3.amazonaws.com\/bbchistory\/audio\/HistoryExtra_2021_Salem%20Episode%204%20Temp3.mp3&quot;\">http:\/\/bristolcdn.s3.amazonaws.com\/bbchistory\/audio\/HistoryExtra_2021_Salem%20Episode%204%20Temp3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.acast.com\/historyextra\/episode4-thepervasivepowerofpuritanism\/media.mp3&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__iefix&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__visible&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__inner&quot;\">Download as MP3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Sunday, 31 October 2021 at 12:00 am Religion was a powerful force at play in the Salem settlement. 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