Continuation of Tudor Period
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- Created on: 02-04-17 13:32
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- Witchcraft in the Tudor Period
- What made witchcraft a more serious crime?
- Religion: Once the Act of Supremacy was signed, it was seen as an act against the state.
- Everyone believed in the Devil and Hell.Witches did the 'devils work'
- Civil War: Tensions in communities were heightened.
- Social Changes: Families broke up trying to find work. Left old women who turned to magic.
- Economic hardship: Crop failures were blamed on witches.
- 1590-1645 wages and work declined.
- Religion: Once the Act of Supremacy was signed, it was seen as an act against the state.
- 1563- Elizabeth 1 witchcraft was broken up into two different sectors.
- Major witchcraft: trying to bring about death, raise the dead. -Punishable by death.
- Minor Witchcraft: Magic and charms. Punishable by imprisonment or stocks.
- Why women?
- Original Sin
- Women were seen as morally weaker than men.
- Misogyny.
- What made witchcraft a more serious crime?
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