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    February 5 Quiz nº 1 (15 mn) * The Inquisition - Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais • Texts : Bernard Gui : Questions p. 50 The Trial of Gilles de Rais p. 14-16 • Film : The Passion of Joan of Arc (excerpts) 4. February 12 * The Renaissance and The Reformation: Witch-mania • Texts : Jacques du Clercq : Mémoires p. 27-29 º PPP: Witch-hunters • Film: The Return of Martin Guerre (excerpts) 5. February 19 Quiz nº 2 (15 mn) * Demonomania : pros and contras • Texts :

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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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    Modern-Day Witch Trial The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial was anything but quick and simple. The case lasted a total of seven years‚ and cost the government $15 million dollars (Source F). Peggy McMartin Bukey and her son Raymond along with a few other teachers were accused of a crime that would change their lives forever. The charges consisted of everything from animal sacrifice to pornography and satanic rituals. (Source D). It first began with Judy Johnson‚ mother of one of the preschool’s young

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    Forced to be Witch Whom is this so called “infamous” Tituba? Tituba is a woman born into Arawak Indian heritage and was captured and enslaved as a young child and was accuse of being a witch as well as making treaties with the Devil. Tituba was innocently accused by a group of young white girls for being involved and engaged with witchcraft and wizardry. Tituba was pressured immensely and later was forced upon her will to confess of being a witch. Tituba’s confessions of being a witch lead to a mass

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    America erupts into mass hysteria because of the ranting of some crazy people. In the 1600’s‚ we had the Salem witch trials‚ and as described in the book‚ "The Crucible"‚ a group of girls falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft‚ and regular‚ innocent people are hung. Then‚ in the 1950’s‚ a man named Joseph McCarthy sparked a craze of accusing people‚ mainly government officials‚ of being communist‚ thus scarring their careers. The McCarthy hearing are similar to the Salem witch hunt because the accuser

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    why this subject was chosen was because I have study the Salem witch trials back in high school‚ so I already knew something about the subject matter. The theme that connects both “Insufficiency of Evidence Against Witches” and “Wonder of the Invisible World” is that both Increase and Cotton Mather were both puritan ministers that participated in the Salem witch trials. In addition‚ both father and son had different views on how the trials should be handled. The author of “Insufficiency of Evidence

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    The Salem Witchcraft Trials and The Nuremberg Trials are two alike yet very different trials. The Salem Witchcraft Trials is about the trials of people who were accused to be witches. The Nuremberg Trials is about the trials of the men charge of the Nazi Germany army and the killing of inconcent men‚ women and children. The two trials are alike because they both have to do protecting the public and doing good for the public. They are diffrent because Salem Witchcraft Trials Trials is about witches

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    The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 was a time of panic and bedlam. Men and women of all ages were being “inhabited by the Devil” in turn making them witches. During the 1600s‚ English immigrants arrived in New England‚ a number of them being Puritans. The Puritans were Protestant Christians who were unhappy with the way England practiced Christianity so they moved to New England for a fresh start. However‚ once it was the 17th century‚ witchcraft became more well known and people became more worried

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    Chloe Mr. Lesandrini AP English 11 Language and Composition 10 December 2012 “Witch Hunt” Expository Essay A witch-hunt is not limited to one particular event in history. Many key events throughout time relate very closely to these acts of misunderstanding and unjustified killings. For instance‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller was written to portray the Salem Witch Trials in a fictional view although based on true events. Miller in fact based this play after Joseph McCarthy’s Red scare

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    The Salem Witch Crisis began during the winter of 1691-1692. In Salem Village‚ Massachusetts‚ when Betty Parris‚ the nine-year-old daughter of the village’s minister‚ Samuel Parris‚ and his niece‚ Abigail Williams‚ fell strangely ill. The girls complained of pinching‚ prickling sensations‚ knifelike pains‚ and the feeling of being choked. Some weeks later‚ three ore girls showed similar symptoms. Doctors began to suspect that witchcraft was the reason of the girl’s symptoms. Document A is a discourse

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