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205:(a figurine fashioned to look like a specific person, used for spell casting) and casting a destructive charm. Charms were common in this time and often used for healing, an art which Gwen herself took part in, however this specific charm was written backwards and as per the traditions of the time this meant that it was meant for harm.
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419:, and many other notable historians, that in their desperation for a solution and explanation, the people of Britain (and Europe as a whole) blamed it on witchcraft. Older women of the lower classes were the easiest to blame, with little societal standing to defend themselves, and so often fell victim to witch related accusations.
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Witchcraft, Witch-Hunting, and politics in early modern England he argues and provides evidence for the fact that many of England's great witch trials occurred at times when political parties and governing bodies felt that their authority was being threatened. During the years
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was a period of dramatic climate change that took place around the early modern period, which in
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Between the years of 1500 and 1700 somewhere between 4000 and 6000 people were tried for witchcraft in
Scotland, a much higher number than any of the other British countries attained. This was likely due to the reign of King James VI who was known for his interest in sorcery and magic. He was even
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c. 5), and called “the last witch,” by her defenders. Duncan "shared news of the dead, coughed up ectoplasm (typically muslin), and ventriloquized, so that cabinets appeared to contain speaking mediums". In 1944 she was charged with claiming to be able to conjure the spirits of dead people, found
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Unlike the mass trials and executions found across the rest of the UK, and even the rest of Europe during the early modern period, Ireland's number of prosecutions failed to reach even double figures. It has been suggested that this is due to the lack of religious upheaval in
Ireland during this
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Britain, Wales had relatively few trials or hunts for witches during the early modern period. Many accusations were made, but finding proof made convicting women as witches rather difficult. The first witch to be trialled and executed in Wales was
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which in part presented his belief that
Britain had been fooled into believing in witchcraft by easily explained tricks. The book's success was widespread, but his scepticism in regards to magic was not what drew in most of its admirers;
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Witches no longer were seen as healers or helpers, but rather were believed to be the cause of many natural and man-made disasters. Witches were blamed for troubles with livestock, any unknown diseases and unpredicted weather changes.
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between the years of 1590 and 1592, and led to at least 70 accused witches being condemned to violent torture and in most cases, death. The trials took place after the King experienced terrible storms whilst journeying by ship to
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changed the face of religion in
Britain, and it was common belief that this allowed for dark or satanic forces to arise. As a result a law was passed which defined what it was to be a witch and how they must be prosecuted.
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documented as having overseen trials and torture of multiple women accused of witchcraft. Following
Scotland's union with England 1707 prosecutions of witches declined as they were more tightly controlled by specific
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and Jacob Russ argue that the rise of witch hunts following a period in which the Church refused to acknowledge their existence (despite their popular belief in medieval
Britain) was due to a competition between the
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The death toll in England was significantly lower than that of Scotland, but many notable trials still occurred due to a number of self-proclaimed "witch-hunters". One such witch-hunter was a man from East Anglia,
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milk or meat and people fell ill. During this time there was no knowledge of climate change and little rational explanation could be found, so it is believed by the German historian
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of 1629 to 1637 no trials occurred in Dorchester, it is theorised in Elmer's book that this is because the government of that area was prosperous and felt their order was secure.
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2903:Society of the Inner Light
2338:Daemonolatreiae libri tres
1222:10.1057/9780230361386.0006
948:Kushner, David Z. (2002).
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4549:A Guide to Grand-Jury Men
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4214:Witch trials in Catalonia
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971:Levack, Brian P. (1995).
507:Scarre, Geoffrey (1987).
349:, more commonly known as
252:(in turn inspired by the
4557:The Discovery of Witches
4429:Directorium Inquisitorum
4399:Witch trials in New York
4387:Connecticut Witch Trials
4381:Witch trials in Virginia
4219:Witch trials in Portugal
4033:Mergentheim witch trials
4027:Baden-Baden witch trials
3795:(1645, 1662, 1655, 1694)
3629:Witches' Well, Edinburgh
2700:Christian views on magic
2378:The Discovery of Witches
2250:Directorium Inquisitorum
429:great religious conflict
177:
66:A witch and her familiar
4485:De praestigiis daemonum
4437:De maleficis mulieribus
4334:Bredevoort witch trials
4281:Witch trial of Nogaredo
4162:Kastelholm witch trials
4098:Copenhagen witch trials
4077:Witch trials in Iceland
4072:Witch trials in Finland
4062:Witch trials in Denmark
3979:Rottenburg witch trials
3973:Wiesensteig witch trial
3855:Witch trials in Hungary
3838:Islandmagee witch trial
3720:Witch trials in England
3159:Islandmagee witch trial
2808:Cunning folk in Britain
2306:De praestigiis daemonum
2258:De maleficis mulieribus
1400:Encyclopedia Britannica
1098:Pringle, Denys (2003).
363:Islandmagee witch trial
291:Witch trials in England
289:See also main article:
250:Copenhagen witch trials
215:See also main article:
184:See also main article:
4643:Witchcraft in Scotland
4541:Compendium Maleficarum
4533:Magical Investigations
4424:(8th–2nd centuries BC)
4240:Mirandola witch trials
4224:Witch trials in Sicily
4087:Witch trials in Sweden
4082:Witch trials in Norway
4039:Esslingen witch trials
4009:Eichstätt witch trials
3967:Derenburg witch trials
3900:Witch trials in France
3860:Witch trials in Poland
3113:1645, 1662, 1655, 1694
2362:Compendium Maleficarum
2354:Magical Investigations
2245:(8th–2nd centuries BC)
1154:Borman, Tracy (2014).
1041:Poole, Robert (2002).
765:The Lancashire Witches
302:
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173:Witch hunts and trials
119:
85:witchcraft in Scotland
67:
4633:Witchcraft in England
4600:Werewolf witch trials
4393:Maryland Witch Trials
4358:Salzburg witch trials
4275:Terrassa witch trials
4229:Witch trials in Spain
4209:Witch trials in Italy
4180:Katarina witch trials
4174:Torsåker witch trials
4150:Kirkjuból witch trial
4127:Akershus witch trials
4015:Würzburg witch trials
4003:Ellwangen witch trial
3962:Rottweil Witch Trials
3934:Affair of the Poisons
3928:Normandy witch trials
3883:Doruchowo witch trial
3059:Aberdeen witch trials
1985:Cloak of invisibility
1741:Solitary practitioner
1654:Witch-cult hypothesis
1451:Elmer, Peter (2016).
605:www.rep.routledge.com
468:Albert James Bergesen
448:non-price competition
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4310:Stedelen witch trial
4263:Witches of Laspaúles
4139:Rosborg witch trials
4116:Finspång witch trial
4021:Bamberg witch trials
3922:Louviers possessions
3820:Bideford witch trial
3725:Witchcraft in Orkney
3703:In the British Isles
3129:Bideford witch trial
2898:Ordo Templi Orientis
2803:Anglo-Saxon paganism
2705:Magical organization
2220:Witches of Benevento
1297:The Economic Journal
718:10.1093/pastj/gtm048
480:Early modern Britain
330:Bideford witch trial
258:North Berwick trials
134:wrote a book called
106:Prevalence of belief
54:Belief in witchcraft
4501:Newes from Scotland
4461:Malleus Maleficarum
4322:Geneva witch trials
4316:Valais witch trials
4269:Basque witch trials
4192:Thisted witch trial
4186:Rugård witch trials
4133:Ramsele witch trial
4104:Gyldenstierne-sagen
4092:Põlula witch trials
3877:Szeged witch trials
3592:Witchcraft Act 1735
3464:Neopagan witchcraft
3257:Issobell Fergussone
2322:Newes from Scotland
2282:Malleus Maleficarum
1659:Anglo-Saxon England
1263:10.7227/iesh.39.1.1
744:The British Library
383:Witchcraft Act 1735
359:Petronilla de Meath
268:Newes from Scotland
44:Witchcraft Act 1735
4405:Salem witch trials
4251:Lisbon witch trial
4202:In Southern Europe
4156:Vardø witch trials
4055:In Northern Europe
3997:Fulda witch trials
3985:Trier witch trials
3916:Loudun possessions
3832:Pittenweem witches
3787:Witches of Belvoir
3781:Samlesbury witches
3752:Witches of Warboys
3445:Christian Caldwell
3322:Euphame MacCalzean
3222:Katherine Campbell
3149:Pittenweem witches
3099:Witches of Belvoir
3089:Samlesbury witches
3039:Witches of Warboys
2979:Austin Osman Spare
2969:Madeline Montalban
2674:Witches in fiction
2662:In popular culture
2236:historic treatises
1309:10.1111/ecoj.12498
1303:(613): 2066–2105.
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919:10.1353/mrw.0.0015
710:Past & Present
485:English literature
417:Wolfgang Behringer
412:The Little Ice Age
407:The Little Ice Age
396:14 & 15 Geo. 6
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315:Witches of Belvoir
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226:magic related laws
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