Counter-Reformation‚ the Scientific Revolution‚ and the consolidation of national governments from about 1480-1700 For more than two hundred years‚ individuals were persecuted as witches throughout the continent of Europe‚ even though the witch hunt was concentrated on Southwestern Germany‚ Switzerland‚ England‚ Scotland‚ Poland‚ and parts of France. In a collective frenzy. witches were sought‚ identified‚ arrested‚ mostly tortured‚ and tried for a variety of reasons. The total number of witches
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good names of the families of the executed. These heirs were also given a restitution. It was not until more than two hundred years later that Massachusetts formally apologized for the wrongful execution of nineteen men and women during the witch hunt of
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Witches Were Pagan This is the biggest misunderstanding about witchcraft in the Middle Ages. A lot of people who were persecuted as witches were devout Christians‚ but superstitions against their professions were what got them in trouble. Most often among these professions‚ midwives got into a lot of trouble. Before people gave birth at hospitals‚ you went to a midwife when you were pregnant. You can still visit midwives‚ but for women in the profession during the Middle Ages‚ a stillbirth could
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VIII took action against witchcrafts and witches. At the end of the 16th century‚ witches in Europe were feverishly hunting. Thousands of women were tortured and burned at the stake. The church fully approved of this scary crusade. In England‚ the hunt for witches was initiated by King James I. In 1597‚ in Scotland‚ he published a textbook "Daemonology"‚ in which he described the way to recognize and destroy witches. This publication quickly triggered a wave of hunting across the UK. The information
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unknown and hatred caused many deaths for innocent people. Discussing the trails of witches in the 1500’s and 1600’s. In the series three literary terms are used Prologue‚ Foreshadowing‚ and flashback. Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb tells us about how the witch-hunts began in Europe with a book written by a monk. She also explained how the fear of satan palyed a hand in the murders and torture of many people. In the beginning Dr. Lipscomb used to the line “This is the British Isles 400 years ago‚ Mass trails and
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In 1974‚ Chadwick Hansen explored further ideas about the girls’ fits having to do with mental breakdowns and fear.11 Descriptive sermons were being given frequently about and against witchcraft around the time of the Salem Witch Trials. It is obvious to say that the girls could have felt terrified about this and the witchcraft that they would have seen throughout the village. In Witchcraft at Salem‚ Chadwick Hansen says‚ “The cause of these hysterical symptoms‚ of course‚ was not witchcraft itself
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of heresy and must be severely punished (p. 134 course reader). The elites were concerned with persecuting witches as a way to reduce heresy and rebellion among the common people (p. 160 Levack). One of the preconditions to a successful witch-hunt is that both the elites and common people had to
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The Salem Witch Trials took place in the year 1692 and lasted more than a year. The popular witch hunt took place in colonial Massachusetts. Demos (2009)‚ explains that during the late 1600’s witch trials were actually not as popular as most people thought in regards to historical significance (p.1311). He also explains that even though the witch hunt was not considered a big event‚ the trials still involved and affected many different people in both age‚ sex‚ and social status (Demos‚ 1970‚ p. 1315)
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Southwest; Spanish and Indian supernaturalism on the Rio Grande [monograph on the Internet]. [place unknown]: Flagstaff [Ariz.] Northland Press [1974]; 1974. [cited November 1‚ 2012]. Available from: UNM LIBROS Catalog. National Geographic: Salem Witch-Hunt--Interactive www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/
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examines the role of the Scottish parliament and witch-hunting during the 1640’s when the covenanting movement was in power. This author used primary sources as Young referred to acts and bodies in the Scottish government that paved the way for witch hunts at the local level. An example of this is the 1563 witchcraft act passed by the Scottish parliament. Moreover‚ the church of Scotland lobbied parliament for further action to be taken against perceived witchcraft activities which resulted in a further
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