Introduction to Witchcraft
- Created by: Himee Senanayake
- Created on: 03-06-18 16:08
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- Witchcraft
- 1542 Henry VIII
- Witchcraft Act
- Witchcraft it punished by death
- Witchcraft Act
- 1563 Elizabeth I
- Act against Conjurations, Enchantments and Witchcraft
- Witchcraft is trialled in common court (more severe). Minor witchcraft = time in stock
- Act against Conjurations, Enchantments and Witchcraft
- 1604 James I
- Witchcraft and Conjurations Act
- Death penalty given to anyone summoning spirits
- Witchcraft and Conjurations Act
- 1735 George II
- Witchcraft Act
- Witches seens as confidence tricksters and punished with fines and imprisonment
- Witchcraft Act
- Social reasons
- Vagabonds made rich people suspicious of them
- accusations of witchcraft were made by wealthy people
- Economical reasons
- Late 16th century
- failing wages and rising employment
- raised tensions
- death of farm animals was blamed on evil spirits and witches
- Political reasons
- When Henry VIII came back into power, Witchcraft became a crime against the king.
- Not just a crime against the state, or a religious crime
- Demonologie
- James I wrote this book
- mentions that Witchcraft is a crime against God and not just the king.
- 1542 Henry VIII
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