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    The knowledge of the English witch trials comes from the original procedural documents preserved in historical archives and the collection of dozens of accounts of witch trials in the form of prints that circulated in hundreds of copies among the interested readers from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the eighteenth century. At the end of the 16th and early 17th century‚ people of high and low status believed in the ubiquity of witches. They were believed to be everywhere‚ a threat

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    Three months ago I confessed that I have a blackened soul‚ darkened by lechery‚ and I am sure I will hang this morning because of it. My puritan town Salem has been driven insane by the hysteria and paranoia associated with witchcraft and the devil‚ created by a group of devious children and perpetuated by various ulterior motives at work. Because of this‚ I have been left with nothing; my wife‚ Elizabeth‚ has been convicted and my neighbours are being killed off daily‚ accused of something that

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    WITCH HUNTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY Witch Hunts were one of the harshest hunts in history. Although these hunts were very harsh‚ they were very common. They were a search for people who accused of being a witch. In most cases‚ it was fairly easy to get out of accusations‚ as long as you could blame someone else. “Throughout history there were several cases of these so-called‚ witch hunts.” THE HARTFORD WITCH TRIALS One of the very first witch hunts that happened in America‚ took place in Hartford‚ Connecticut

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    Charlie Fizzle Monologue

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    “Well I was just wanting you to help me because I am lost. I really don’t know what a Genie is.” “Well‚ so a Genie is something that can grant you wishes” says Charlie FIzzle. “Oooohhh‚ so you can grant me wishes?” “Of course!” said Charlie Fizzle. “Well can I use one wish right now?” “Of course‚ so what do you want?” “Well I was kind of wanting a better bike to ride.” “Ok‚ I’m on it” says Charlie Fizzle. “POOF” this magical‚ green‚ alligator looking bike comes out. “ IS THAT ALL YOU NEED

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    Magic Box

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    Around the town of Stratsonville‚ Alabama deep in the south there has always been a legend of a strange box that had can invoke great wonders. The box was said to be in the keeping of a crazy old wizard named Majular that was immortal. But of course no one really knew any truth about this legend though. Lars thought he did though. He would try to entice us with his story of Majular. "That old timer could vanquish you with the touch of a finger"‚ Lars would say. He always talked about finding

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    Background Who would have thought that computer animated films would become the next big thing when it comes to movies. Pixar has produced hit after hit with both critical and financial success. We fell in love with these stories along with the characters. Pixar has created thirteen films since 1995. They began in 1979 as the Graphics Group‚ as part of the computer division of Lucasfilm. Apple Inc. then bought the corporation in 1986 making Steven Jobs a major shareholder. In 2006 The Walt

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    American History to 1887

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    Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum’s Salem Possessed explores the pre-existing social and economic divisions within the Salem Village community‚ as an entry point to understand the accusations of witchcraft in 1692. According to Boyer and Nissenbaum‚ the village split into two factions: one interested in gaining more autonomy for Salem Village and led by the Putnam family‚ and the other‚ interested in the mercantile and political life of Salem Town and led by the Porter family. Boyer and Nissenbaum’s

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    Witchcraft DBQ (Many of the people who were persecuted as witches from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries were those of a seemingly inferior mindset‚ those who are blamed for problems in the community and those who were social outcasts.) This time period occurred throughout the Protestant‚ Catholic and Scientific revolutions. The victims of the witch trials were usually persecuted in Europe as a whole however focused on areas like South Western Europe. Witches were usually people who were

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    1 Mónica Rodríguez Pérez 801-09-6274 To what extent does the Classical Tradition agree with the Scriptural Tradition on the powers witches can wield? The two biggest differences we have from the Classical witch and the Christian Ideal featured in their sacred texts‚ is definitely the connotation that either receives and‚ the powers they may or may not have. In the first‚ witches aren’t seen in a negative

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    Witch Trials in Germany

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    To what extent can the high concentration of witch trials in the German states be explained by political and religious tension? The late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a time of dramatic change in Germany‚ both religiously and politically. Religiously‚ the Protestant Reformation‚ driven by Luther’s ninety-five theses‚ challenged Catholicism. Politically‚ the Holy Roman Empire grew weaker whilst territorial states such as Ellwagen gained power. The changes within these political and religious

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