Early Modern British Crime and Punishment
- Created by: sophierose66
- Created on: 13-11-17 15:05
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Witch hunting becme a popular and well known thing during this time.
Well known hunter Matthew Hopkins used a number of different ways to identify witches.
- Having a witch mark; often a large mole or wart.
- Typically older women, but not exclusively.
- Having a familiar animal; an animal that was a representation of the devil come to feed off the witches power via her witch mark.
- Missing church; people in league with the devil would not want to attend church.
- Unintelligible muttering; if someone was muttering in a way that could not be understood and something bad happened it might be thought that they were casting a spell.
Many women blamed were unfortunate people who…
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